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What's sweet in big book, lines offering nonsense
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tomfoolery
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A brief summary is in order for those of you not inclined to keep track of shenanigans and other assorted tomfoolery . ▪ All it took was nerve, organization and terminal tomfoolery . ▪ Let's not have any more tomfoolery with ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tomfoolery \Tom`fool"er*y\, n. Folly; trifling.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. foolish or senseless behavior [syn: folly , foolery , craziness , lunacy , indulgence ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 foolish behaviour 2 (context Cockney rhyming slang English) jewellery.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"foolish trifling," 1812, from tomfool + -ery .
Usage examples of tomfoolery.
That is, he felt he should, whether he wanted to see the muckworm or not, to find out what all the tomfoolery was about and put a stop to it.
Then I saw in one of those little miscellaneous shops--news, sweets, toys, stationery, belated Christmas tomfoolery, and so forth--an array of masks and noses.
Barney Kantor lives in his little world of pretense and tomfoolery, believing he is a press agent extraordinaire.
All along, I had been feeling sorry for him because that general looked like the kind of gent who would stand for just so much tomfoolery before he lowered the boom.