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
I've been dared into a lot of tomfool things in my day.
From Frank Merriwell's Son A Chip Off the Old Block by Standish, Burt L.
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
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
Will you put that tomfool thing away, sir!
From Sappers and Miners The Flood beneath the Sea by Hurst, Hal
