Sentence example with the word 'waggery'

waggery

crack, devilry, elfishness, frivolity, impishness, levity, mischievousness, pranksomeness, roguery, sportiveness, waggishness, yak

Definition n. waggish behavior

Last update: October 7, 2015


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The liberties which he took with the names and reputations of public men showed that the old spirit of waggery was not dead within him.   [Please select]

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One imitative little imp covered his face with an old black handkerchief, thereby so affrighting his playmates that the panic seized himself and he wellnigh lost his wits by his own waggery.   [Please select]

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Indulging one day in idle waggery, Plato, on seeing a staid disciple approach, suddenly exclaimed to his fellows, "Let's be wise now, for I see a fool coming," and under hypocrisy's mask all merriment ceased.   [Please select]

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"] The scout seemed at a loss to understand the meaning of his companion, whose waggery and drollery cropped out at such unexpected times that no one knew when to expect it."   [Please select]

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There was something extremely provoking in this obstinately pacific system; it left Brom no alternative but to draw upon the funds of rustic waggery in his disposition, and to play off boorish practical jokes upon his rival.   [Please select]

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What wicked waggery is here hidden, who can tell.   [Please select]

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One imitative little imp covered his face with an old black handkerchief, thereby so affrighting his playmates that the panic seized himself, and he well-nigh lost his wits by his own waggery.   [Please select]

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