harlequin
/ˈhɑɹlɪkwɪn/ noun C2- A pantomime fool, typically dressed in colorful checkered clothes, used as a stock character in commedia dell'arte and other genres.
- A greenish-chartreuse color.
- A harlequin duck.
- Any of various riodinid butterflies of the genera Taxila and Praetaxila.
Plural harlequins
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He jumped from ticker to ’phone, from desk to door with the trained agility of a harlequin.
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