punchinello
Example Sentences
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Like a maddened punchinello, he flailed at the gathering crowds of refugees, screaming at them to back away from the bank.
From Time Magazine Archive
No sympathy, no best wishes rose to greet brown, broad-shouldered Champion Max Baer as that prime poseur, playboy and punchinello of the U. S. prize ring parted the ropes.
From Time Magazine Archive
Harlequin, punchinello, pantaloon, &c., have the same character in every different piece.
From Corinne, Volume 1 (of 2) Or Italy by Greig, R. S.
She went to look for playthings—a punchinello, a collection of images, and spread them out on the bed in order to amuse him.
From Sentimental Education, Volume II The History of a Young Man by Flaubert, Gustave
A punchinello jarred against him with: “Pardonnez moi, pardie!”
From The Strollers by Fisher, Harrison
