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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And then how dearly too did "mine host of the tavern," enter into their joviality, and aid them in those little waggeries they were so prone to engage in.
From William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale by Henry Curling
All kinds of petty insults were heaped upon its pastors; while their place of worship was made the scene of vulgar waggeries and ribald jests.
From Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume I (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day by Anonymous
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
Perhaps he even grins over Amyas “burying alternately his face in the pasty and the pasty in his face,” or he tries to feel diverted by the Elizabethan waggeries of Frank.
From Essays in Little by Andrew Lang
Who does not know—at least by name—the Nisse, the being whose waggeries almost all bear the stamp of good-humoured frolic?
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 by Various
