fool notion

Example Sentences

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I think it’s a fool notion to send 238 him to that school.

From The Rover Boys at Big Horn Ranch The Cowboys' Double Round-Up by Stratemeyer, Edward

It's a fool notion that men go up some heavenly stairway to another plane when they begin to do things worth while.

From A Man for the Ages A Story of the Builders of Democracy by Adams, John Wolcott

An' jest so you don't take no fool notion to burn the house down, I'll take this candle along.

From Snowdrift A Story of the Land of the Strong Cold by Hendryx, James B. (James Beardsley)

First Vickers packs his little war-bag an’ goes hittin’ the breeze out; an’ now you’ve got some fool notion that you ought to pull your freight.

From The Range Boss by Schoonover, Frank Earle

"Every once so often some fellers come down here with a fool notion o' cuttin' down the sand bar, an' dredge deep enough to make a inlet int' the bay."

From Janet of the Dunes by Comstock, Harriet T. (Harriet Theresa)