waggery
the action, spirit, or language of a wag; roguish or droll humor: the waggery of Shakespeare's clowns.
a waggish act; jest or joke.
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How to use waggery in a sentence
The point of the waggery being, of course, that Jews are people—a mighty multitude, if you will.
Yet a moment's consideration convinced me, that his behaviour either proceeded from waggery or mistake.
Discipline | Mary BruntonHis self-esteem was hurt at the child not relishing his waggery.
A Book of Ghosts | Sabine Baring-GouldManytongues had a good deal of frontier waggery about him, and, by this time he began to comprehend how the land lay.
The Chainbearer | J. Fenimore CooperHis turn for waggery was sometimes vented upon grave and serious men.
Their Majesties as I Knew Them | Xavier Paoli
The waggery on the part of Avila was the more wicked, because the victim had translated his Commentaries into Latin for him.
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