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Drolling

Droll \Droll\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drolled; p. pr. & vb. n. Drolling.] To jest; to play the buffoon. [R.]

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drolling

vb. (present participle of droll English)

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Drolling

Drolling is an archaic term for the act of playing the fool.

It is also a surname.

Usage examples of "drolling".

I do nothing but lose my way--and the farmer says, drolling, that he must have sign-posts put up for me in every corner of the house from top to bottom.