pierrot
Example Sentences
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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
He cross-examined every purveyor of pierrot shoes and pig’s heads in Perpignan.
From The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol by Alec Ball
A pretty pink and white float was filled with small children from the Elementary School; another was laden with a host of Girls' Club members in the pierrot costume of the Exhibition dance.
From Ethel Morton at Chautauqua by Mabell S. C. (Mabell Shippie Clarke) Smith
The wailing ceased, but Enrico remained seated, his hands still clutching his bushy hair, while his large brown eyes stared blankly from a face as white as a pierrot.
From Abe and Mawruss Being Further Adventures of Potash and Perlmutter by Montague Glass
How d’ye think your father would do as a pierrot?
From The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett by Compton MacKenzie
