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

“See here, young feller!” said Wisdom, “don’t go fill yourself up with tomfool notions ’bout lions and tigers waitin’ behind every bush.

From Jock of the Bushveld by Fitzpatrick, Percy, Sir

"You'll admit it was a tomfool thing to do," he said.

From Greatheart by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)

Will you put that tomfool thing away, sir!

From Sappers and Miners The Flood beneath the Sea by Hurst, Hal

Angry incredulity choked me, and I sat scowling at Silver Heels and striving to reconcile her serious mien with such a tomfool speech.

From Cardigan by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)