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Centuncŭlus

A parti-coloured dress similar to that of the modern harlequin, worn by the actors of Roman pantomime. See Cento; Mimus; Pantomimus.

Harry Thurston Peck. Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1898.

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