April fool
Americannoun
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the victim of a practical joke or trick on April Fools' Day.
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a practical joke or trick played on that day.
noun
Etymology
Origin of April fool
First recorded in 1680–90
Example Sentences
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Suzanne Cumpston, of Cowbridge's Sam Smith Travel, said: "Can't help thinking this is an out-of-date April fool."
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2024
I pity the April fool who doesn’t try this week’s Slate News Quiz.
From Slate • Apr. 1, 2022
On the one hand, could this be an early Google April fool?
From Forbes • Sep. 19, 2013
More top stories Richard Yates and Easter's rising despair Booker rivals clash again on Walter Scott prize shortlist I've been a literary April fool All today's stories Last 24 hours 1.
From The Guardian • Apr. 1, 2010
"I s'pose you've heard about Mr. Crow's April fool," he said, as he knocked the ashes from his pipe into the grate.
From The Hollow Tree and Deep Woods Book being a new edition in one volume of "The Hollow Tree" and "In The Deep Woods" with several new stories and pictures added by Paine, Albert Bigelow
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