horseplay

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In reaction to Bohms' self-published racetrack gambling advice book, "The Art of Horseplay: The Life of a Handicapper," Kesterson wrote:

From Salon • Dec. 9, 2020

Helium Horseplay Many a time has Captain Katzenjammer* famed obese comic-strip caperer, deceived his frau by making a balloon facsimile of himself, painting his vapid likeness on it, stuffing it into bed.

From Time Magazine Archive

Horseplay was on show as much as horsemanship, and high spirits sometimes got the better of high style.

From Time Magazine Archive

Horseplay with the corpse, and similar macabracadabra, has been a viable variety of humor in the human village since at least the Middle Ages, and few will seriously bother to accuse Hitchcock of bad taste.

From Time Magazine Archive

Horseplay and practical jokes have been tolerated, at various times and places, at weddings.

From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by Sumner, William Graham