masker
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of masker
Example Sentences
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This all-licensed masker, with his monstrous disguise and affected squeal, may be a duke or a doorkeeper.
From Spanish Highways and Byways by Katharine Lee Bates
Then the gorgeous masker would cross the hall, and disappear behind a great curtain of tapestry that covered an open doorway leading to the garden.
From Lady Betty Across the Water by Orson Lowell
Yes, this curious masker is no other than a reverend abbé, a young canon of the cathedral of Mans!
From The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 1 by Grace Wharton
“Girl,” calls the masker authoritatively, “get some water quick; a lady has fainted.”
From Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives by Lawrence L. Lynch
A tall masker, in a black and scarlet domino, is standing just behind them, and little Daisy utters one frightened cry and buries her face in Millie’s drapery.
From Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives by Lawrence L. Lynch
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