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1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Pasquin \Pas"quin\, n. [It. pasquino a mutilated statue at Rome,
   set up against the wall of the place of the Orsini; -- so
   called from a witty cobbler or tailor, near whose shop the
   statue was dug up. On this statue it was customary to paste
   satiric papers.]
   A lampooner; also, a lampoon. See Pasquinade.
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         The Grecian wits, who satire first began,
         Were pleasant pasquins on the life of man. --Dryden.
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Pasquin \Pas"quin\, v. t.
   To lampoon; to satiraze. [R.]
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         To see himself pasquined and affronted.  --Dryden.
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