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picaro

[ pik-uh-roh, pee-kuh- ]

noun

plural picaros.
  1. a rogue or vagabond.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of picaro1

First recorded in 1615–25, picaro is from the Spanish word í rogue
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Example Sentences

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Louis-Ferdinand Céline died in the same year that Sanderson quit school and set off on his own journey, unwittingly in the role of a picaro — living by his wits — intending to conceive a novela picaresca.

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Cantinflas, un í vagabundo, es confundido con un famoso torero y termina participando en una corrida de toros.

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“It’s a place where the owners have always prioritized profit over the well-being of patients and staff,” said Michaeline Picaro, a registered nurse who signed onto the letter.

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Ms. Picaro managed a wing at Andover II from 2015 until last year and remains in contact with many current workers.

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I wanted to write an uncanny tall-tale celebrity autobiography from the 19th century, where the author would tell you about the famous people she knew as a way of telling you how powerful she was but then, to take it farther, until it was a picaresque with a woman picaro.

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