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Chaplinesque
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English
Etymology
From en Chaplin esque.
Adjective
Reminiscent of Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin (1889–1977), English comic actor and film director of the silent film era.
en 2012 Andrew Martin Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube Profile Books, 978-1846684777 162 One of these [posters], When in Doubt, Take the Underground (1913), depicts a dazed, Chaplinesque man consulting his watch and looking perplexed. Well, he would look perplexed - he hasn't yet noticed the light of the Underground station sign behind him.
Translations
resembling Charlie Chaplin
Czech: cs chaplinovský
French: fr chaplinesque
Russian: ru чарличаплиновский, ru чарличаплинский
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