Definition of "pasquinades" []

• Plural form of pasquinade. (noun)

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• "Commissioned at public expense during a famine, it inspired hostile notes, the famous, anonymous pasquinades that were hung near the piazza's south end."
• "Some pasquinades have been preserved which were made the day after the assassination of"
• "He pretended at first to be very devout, and was appointed Pere de l'Oratoire; but, getting tired of this life, he took up the trade of catering for the vices of the Court, and afterwards became the secretary and factotum of Madame du Maine, for whom he used to assist in all the libels and pasquinades which were written against my son."