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

With his face in a mask trimmed with long, thick lace, looking like a pierrot in his white wrap, the viscount thought himself very ridiculous.

From The Phantom of the Opera by Leroux, Gaston

Mr. Frank Beaurepeare, of swimming fame, successfully managed the picture show, and eventually got together a few vocalists and comedians, who were organized into a pierrot group.

From Over the Top With the Third Australian Division by McBeath, Neil

Or had she slipped in through the door during my banter with the pierrot?

From The Gray Nun by Strachey, Lionel

She sighs for a career, and thinks Chesters Castle a fine foundation for it, but her crest is a ladder; Eric's is a pierrot.

From Border Ghost Stories by Pease, Howard