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Date: 1900-2000
Origin: prat 'buttocks' (16-20 centuries) + fall

pratfall

 noun
     
prat‧fall [countable]
1 an embarrassing accident or mistake:
another one of the Vice-President's pratfalls
2 an act of falling down, especially when this is funny or embarrassing
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