tomfool

Example Sentences

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Their own father, an amiable giant nearly seven foot tall, lacked the drive and ambition of his sons, and he refused to support this tomfool idea.

From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl

He’ah dat ole gray sinna H’s jes brimful o’ gas, Singin’ dat tomfool ditty As he goes hobblin’ pas’!

From The Poets and Poetry of Cecil County, Maryland by Various

Arrangements were made to secure me two hours alone with the prisoner, so that nothing seemed to be wanting to this tomfool business.

From The Autobiography of a Quack and the Case of George Dedlow by Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir)

Rev'rend, I heard tell once about some tomfool idiot going over Niagary in a barrel, and I tell you it was like that when I tried crossin' that freshet to reach the contraption.

From Year of the Big Thaw by Bradley, Marion Zimmer

"Milly Boon is the woman I'm aiming at, and it may or may not interest you to larn that she loves you better than anything on earth—you—you she loves, you gert tomfool!"

From The Torch and Other Tales by Phillpotts, Eden