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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