masquer
Britishnoun
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It was also one of the most strenuous reportorial masquer ades since the New York World's Nellie Bly feigned madness for ten days in the lunatic asylum on Blackwell's Island.
From Time Magazine Archive
There was one fair masquer, however, to whom Aristide became peculiarly attracted.
From The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol by Alec Ball
The Masquer had gone, but behind him had remained a more grim and terrible masquer.
From The Mardi Gras Mystery by H. (Henry) Bedford-Jones
No masquer this, but a grim messenger from the Shades, bringing dire warning to one, at least, of that gay company.
From Stories of the Border Marches by Jeanie Lang
He had narrated his story of the pig-headed masquer to unresponsive ears.
From The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol by Alec Ball
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