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
A female pierrot dances past me with Don Juan, and, with a laugh, throws a handful of confetti in my face.
From The Gray Nun by Strachey, Lionel
Parrott, Perrott, etc., were sometimes nicknames, the etymology being the same, for our word parrot is from Fr. pierrot.
From The Romance of Names by Weekley, Ernest
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
Fr. pierrot is still used for the sparrow.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest
