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harlequin

[hahr-luh-kwin, -kin] / ˈhɑr lə kwɪn, -kɪn /
NOUN
clown
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Mr Biggs added: "If we've got to spend the money I want to spend it straight on getting the Harlequin back up and running."

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2025

But as she’s stymied in her quest for romance and stardom, our heroine morphs into a droll, nasty-minded comedian named Joker the Harlequin.

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2024

In Olympia, Harlequin Productions recently closed an extended run of Ira Levin’s “Deathtrap,” and Federal Way’s Centerstage Theatre produced Christie’s popular thriller-comedy “Spider’s Web” earlier this year.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 20, 2024

I read so many Harlequin romance novels as a kid.

From Salon • Oct. 1, 2023

It was only supposed to be for a night, but the next day, no one could find the Harlequin to change it back, and no one else had any idea how to undo the spell.

From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness




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