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Definition of Harlequins
1. harlequin [n] - See also: harlequin
Lexicographical Neighbors of Harlequins
Literary usage of Harlequins
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Poetical Works of John Dryden by John Dryden (1909)
"Those nauseous harlequins in farce may But there goes more to a substantial ass !
Something of man must be expos'd to view, That, gallants, they may more ..."
2. A Dictionary of the Drama: A Guide to the Plays, Play-wrights, Players, and by William Davenport Adams (1904)
"... Lending a Hand,' • Red Hands,' ' Terrible Hymen,' 1 Two harlequins,' and ' An
Utter Perversion of the Brigand," all of which see ; also the following, ..."
3. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1850)
"MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE. о us there is no greater marvel among the Mysteries of
London, than what becomes of all the Clowns, harlequins, and Pantaloons ..."
4. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1896)
"Ax this place we had link hope of finding harlequins, as I was told that there
... 6 did we see our first harlequins. On this morning the wind and sea were ..."
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