Tapping the side of the nose is a French gesture to signal knowledge, a secret, danger, being ahead of the game, sniffing out trouble, and being on the nose. This gesture has similarities to sign language.
As proof you can be a clown without makeup and a red nose,
My ASL Dictionary has an early 2013 cartoon of a Comedian in a silly outfit with a fake arrow in his head, illustrating the ASL hand sign for FUN. This post also has the Funny Man show similar hand signs for FUNNY, and with a change in facial expression, the hand signs now refer to the suspicious instead of the hilarious as an ASL hand sign for FISHY.
FUN
The H hand brushes by the nose to arc down to the opposite H hand, referring to the wrinkles on the nose when you laugh.
FUNNY
The H or 13 hand brushes the down or by the nose Twice.
FISHY
With a stern facial expression, the H or 13 hand brushes down or by the nose Twice.
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