waggery
noun
the action, spirit, or language of a wag; roguish or droll humor.
waggeries
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pluralof waggery.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Friar Bacon kept a man to wait on him who, though but a simple fellow, yet a merry droll and full of waggeries.
From Amusing Prose Chap Books by Various
He had not, indeed, spoken of the thing contemplated as a folly, not being a man given to little waggeries of that nature; but he had been calm, unenthusiastic, and reasonable.
From The Belton Estate by Anthony Trollope
The adjutant and riding-master, making holiday, are both present--"to the front," as they call it, enjoying exceedingly the jests and waggeries of their younger comrades.
From M. or N. "Similia similibus curantur." by G.J. Whyte-Melville
Many great moralists have suffered from them: the gods are always up to such sardonic waggeries.
From Damn! A Book of Calumny by H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken
They had all sorts of tricks, bywords, waggeries, of which the father could not understand the jest nor the secret.
From The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family by William Makepeace Thackeray
