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
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
I was quite sure that she would not go far, dressed as a pierrot and wearing a night-cap.
From The Queen Pedauque by Jos. A. V. Stritzko
"Sleep now and you won't sleep then," added Helen, who was taking the last stitches on a pierrot dress which Ethel Blue was to wear.
From Ethel Morton at Chautauqua by Mabell S. C. (Mabell Shippie Clarke) Smith
How tiresome that pierrot was with his banjo, and the poor baby that wouldn't stop crying!
From Bosom Friends A Seaside Story by Angela Brazil
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