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
A pasquinade, comparing his reign to that of Nero, was affixed to the palace gate.
From History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition by Draper, John William
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
Clement VII. ridiculed by Luther, 76; pasquinade upon, 258.
From Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. by Parton, James
The inscription, a very poor one, excited considerable ridicule, and a pasquinade was circulated lamenting the absence of the nine Muses on the occasion of its composition.
From Cuba Past and Present by Davey, Richard
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