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picaresque
adjective
Involving clever rogues or adventurers especially as in a type of fiction
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pɪkəˈɹɛsk
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adjective
Involving clever rogues or adventurers especially as in a type of fiction
“Picaresque novels”
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Picaresque novels
Waifs of the picaresque tradition
A picaresque hero
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