PICARESQUE in a Sentence

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1. His square face was confident, his foxy mustache was picaresque.

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 Meanings and Examples of PICARESQUE
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picaresque
 a.  involving clever rogues or adventurers
Classic Sentence:
1  His square face was confident, his foxy mustache was picaresque.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
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Example Sentence:
1  The almost forgotten story of Benjamin's birth was remembered and sent out upon the winds of scandal in picaresque and incredible forms.