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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
waggery \wag"gery\ -g~ery^, n.; pl. waggeries. from
wag.
the manner or action of a wag; mischievous merriment;
sportive trick or gayety; good-humored sarcasm; pleasantry;
jocularity; as, the waggery of a schoolboy. --locke.
1913 webster
a drollery and lurking waggery of expression. --w.
irving.
1913 webster
see also:
waggeries wag
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
waggery
n 1: waggish behavior syn: waggishness
2: a quaint and amusing jest syn: drollery
see also:
waggishness drollery
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
35 moby thesaurus words for "waggery":
crack, devilishness, devilment, devilry, deviltry, drollery,
elfishness, flippancy, foolishness, frivolity, gag, high spirits,
impishness, jape, jest, levity, merriment, mischief,
mischievousness, playfulness, prankishness, pranksomeness,
puckishness, quip, roguery, roguishness, scampishness,
sportiveness, trickery, trickiness, waggishness, wisecrack,
witticism, yak, youthful spirits
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