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picaro
[ pik-uh-roh, pee-kuh- ]
noun
, plural pic·a·ros.
- a rogue or vagabond.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of picaro1
First recorded in 1615–25, picaro is from the Spanish word pícaro rogue
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Example Sentences
Master Reynard, in that romance of the Middle Ages of which he is the hero, is something like a picaro.
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The picaro was the fungus which grew out of this mass of corruption.
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Most of them on leaving the Court uttered some invective against "the picaro who had sworn their lives away."
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There was enough of the “picaro” in his countenance, to inspire me with confidence that he could be suborned for my purpose.
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On this waste, and out of this rottenness, fattened and throve exceedingly the rank weed picaro.
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