Fill in the blanks

[sallybenham]

"In ________ we went to see the ________ _______ a white faced circus clown".  Which same word can fit in the three blanks?

[Golem]

I can only think that the word must be a component of other words and that there's a clue in the details about the clown.

Joey Grimaldi was the originator of the 'white-face clown' look, so my guess is grim to create the sentence,

"In Grimsby we went to see the grimmest Grimaldi a white faced circus clown."

[SteveD]

Aren't white-faced clowns known as "August"?

[SteveD]

Yup.  Here:

http://www.britannica.com/ebi/article?tocId=198682&query=tramp&ct=ebi

[SteveD]

Sorry, that's not the right link.  I was thinking of this:

http://www.clown-ministry.com/History/clown-type-auguste.html

and an auguste is not a white-faced clown:

http://www.clown-ministry.com/History/clown-type-whiteface.html

Maybe you will find the answer somewhere on that site.

[Trillipse]

has to be "in August, we went to see the au*gust* August, a white-faced circus clown."