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Definition of: Punchinello
(pun′chə·nel′ō) noun plural ·los or ·loes
1. A character in an Italian burlesque or puppet show, the original of the English Punch.
2. Hence, punchinello, any comic or grotesque character; buffoon. [Earlier polichinello <dial. Ital. (Neapolitan) Polcenella]
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