| Unlike the idealistic knight-errant, however, the picaro is a cynical and amoral rascal who, if given half a chance, would rather live by his wits than by honourable work. |
| Master Reynard, in that romance of the Middle Ages of which he is the hero, is something like a picaro. |
| The picaro, in fact, is the direct descendant and the legitimate child of the debased knight-errant. |
| Moreover, Suggs, a backwoods picaro, masterfully sustains these imposed identities for his own personal gain or benefit. |
| The picaro was the fungus which grew out of this mass of corruption. |
| At the age of six, he made his acting debut in the TV series El Picaro. |
