pasquinade

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Excerpt from Author Feuchtwanger's pasquinade: He opened up his checkbook to the sky But the sky showed no expression.

From Time Magazine Archive

As this pasquinade made a great noise in Rome, the Pope offered a considerable sum of money to any person that should discover the author of it.

From History of English Humour, Vol. 2 by L'Estrange, Alfred Guy Kingan

Percival responded with a sharp newspaper pasquinade, entitled "A Lecture on Nosology."

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859 by Various

It was at him, while minister, the pasquinade was leveled, "You had better declare, which you may without shocking 'em, The nation's asleep and the minister Rocking'em."

From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Drake, Samuel Adams

At present, however, the war between the two countries is but a war of libel and pasquinade, and the advantage hitherto has been on the side of the aggressor.

From Leading Articles on Various Subjects by Davidson, John