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waggery


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Waggery  \Wag"ger*y\  (-g[~e]r*[y^]),  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. 
 
  A  drollery  and  lurking  waggery  of  expression.  --W. 
  Irving. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  waggery 
  n  1:  waggish  behavior  [syn:  {waggishness}] 
  2:  a  quaint  and  amusing  jest  [syn:  {drollery}] 




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