Whiteface

"Whiteface" in a Sentence (2 examples)

Whiteface is sometimes worn by clowns and mimes, or in the Gothic subculture.

Craig has gotten himself entree into a dangerous Chinatown card game, where he is playing the role of the malleable whiteface, the unlucky Irishman known as Mickey in order to infiltrate the drug-dealing operations of Asian gang members.

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