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punchinello |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Punchinello \Pun`chi*nel"lo\, n. [It. pulcinella probably originally a word of endearment, dim. of pulcina pulcino, a chicken, from L. pullicenus pullus. See {Pullet}.] A punch; a buffoon; originally, in a puppet show a character represented as fat, short, and humpbacked. --Spectator.
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