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pasquil

/pas-kwil/US // ˈpæs kwɪl //

帕斯奎尔,帕斯夸尔

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a pasquinade.

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Examples

  • This humorous pasquil has been generally supposed to have been written by Sir John, as a banter upon himself.

  • The zeal of the Scottish reformers was at its height, and this zeal found vent in many a pasquil discharged at Popery.

  • She accepted it jocularly as a “pasquil,” and Knox on his departure was condemned and burned in effigy.

  • A pasquil on the Commander in Chief, or a tirade against the Government, was sure to be eagerly read and warmly approved of.

  • One of Pasquil's Jests is "how mad Coomes, when his wife was drowned, sought her against the stream."