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Examples of waggery in a Sentence
tossing lighted firecrackers around is not the kind of harmless waggery that it might seem
Will Rogers' homespun waggeries struck a chord with audiences during the Great Depression.
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To ask you to step into the parlor was Maggie’s favorite waggery, the divisions of her cabin being purely imaginary.
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Gertrude A. Zerr, Harper's magazine, 22 July 2019
Gertrude A. Zerr, Harper's magazine, 22 July 2019
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“Waggery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/waggery. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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waggery
noun
wag·gery
ˈwag-ə-rē 
plural waggeries
1
: mischievous fun
2
: jest sense 1
especially
: practical joke
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