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- noun Plural form of
Punchinello .
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Examples
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Lobster claws make up as Punchinellos, or as old men and women, or -- as exhibited at the Fisheries -- handles of fish-knives and forks, tops of inkstands, paper weights, etc.
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Dutchmen and Japanese and Punchinellos and other flotsam not expected in a decorous town; down College Street a group of men in gowns of white swing away through the dappled shadows.
The Courage of the Commonplace Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews 1898
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Tiepolo's drawing shows a group of Punchinellos accosting an apparently compliant drunken woman.
Art Knowledge News 2008
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