pierrot

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D Albarn, however, has played a better game than the talcum-faced pierrot and now no massive public- and privately funded multimedia arts project is too small for him to accept.

From The Guardian • Jul. 9, 2011

After what seemed a long time of suspense Sir Beverley came to tell us the news—looking like a strong-faced, middle-aged pierrot in his surgeon's "make-up."

From The Brightener by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)

A dead pierrot would be discovered, and the troupe at Brighton would be communicated with.

From The Master Detective Being Some Further Investigations of Christopher Quarles by Brebner, Percy James

How d’ye think your father would do as a pierrot?

From The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett by MacKenzie, Compton

But if he had worn the garments of a pierrot or a clown, one would never have noticed it.

From The Master Mummer by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)