Pierrot
a comic character on the cowardly rogue. Also the modern pierand playing the part of a cunning but rot of the stage who whitens his face, wears a while loose suit with large black coat, and a black skull cap. He is often wears a while loose suit with large black the hero of poetic or pastoral love dramas.
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