foolery

Example Sentences

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While the #BillsMafia website states the movement began in 2010, it really went mainstream over the last few seasons, as videos of their tailgating Tom Foolery began to go viral each week like clockwork.

From Golf Digest • Sep. 4, 2018

Lauren Gryniewski, of Old Tom Foolery, didn’t attend this year’s awards, but she said she looks back fondly on her first few Louies—relatively fondly, anyway.

From Slate • May 31, 2018

It was that kicked off the age of Internet April Foolery back in 2000, and the company continues to ratchet up the quantity and ambition of its hoaxes each year.

From Time • Apr. 1, 2013

The quotation did not seem fully to answer the purpose, and he added, "Foolery, sir, does walk about the orb like the sun: it shines everywhere."

From The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times by Adams, John Turvill

Foolery would spoil it all," pursued Sally; "in fact, I put my foot down at the first go-off.

From Somehow Good by De Morgan, William Frend