tomfool
Example Sentences
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"Tomfool nonsense," grumbled the Colonel, "you and I starting billing and cooing at our age!"
From Passing of the Third Floor Back by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)
"Do I look too grotesque a mountebank Tomfool?" he asked in English.
From The Belovéd Vagabond by Locke, William John
Then: "I'll whistle that dirrty Tomfool, until he answers me in self-defense," he announced'to the main motor, and forthwith blew a mighty blast.
From Cappy Ricks Retires by Kyne, Peter B. (Peter Bernard)
