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Recent Examples of waggery To ask you to step into the parlor was Maggie’s favorite waggery, the divisions of her cabin being purely imaginary. Gertrude A. Zerr, Harper's magazine, 22 July 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for waggery
Noun
  • For all the mortal mischief a nuclear weapons facility could whip up, there is very little radiation risk associated with the job of enriching uranium-235 up to the level of 90% purity needed to produce a bomb.
    Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 24 June 2025
  • The suspects could face charges for criminal mischief and felony theft valued at $1 million or more, according to authorities.
    Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 19 June 2025
Noun
  • Friday’s Resident Alien had it all: uproarious laughs, romance, heartbreak and a whole lot of vomit.
    Nick Caruso, TVLine, 28 June 2025
  • And in a company which faithfully recreates stiff 18th-century acting conventions, McCormack’s unapologetically sassy Semira was a welcome change of pace, drawing the afternoon’s biggest laughs.
    Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2025
Noun
  • Blending real tour footage, a faux biopic, a tongue-in-cheek jukebox musical and a museum filled with half-fake relics, the film is part tribute, part Gen X time capsule, part absurdist prank.
    Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025
  • Anna stages a prank that is just supposed to scare Willow, but the plan collides with the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001, and ends with Willow’s disappearance.
    Lizz Schumer, People.com, 24 June 2025
Noun
  • She was raised in a society—a West Indian society—that did not put much of a premium on women’s bodies, where any kind of intimacy was a joke.
    Hilton Als, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
  • And yet the world is too driven by algorithms, too fragmented in its tastes, to ever be on the same page again and get the same jokes.
    Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2025
Noun
  • Did any of those tips and tricks come in handy here?
    Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 5 July 2025
  • Truth is, finding universal tips and tricks for keeping your cortisol levels stable first thing in the morning and when leaving the house is tough.
    Ana Morales, Vogue, 5 July 2025
Noun
  • Mustard and vinegar provide the devilment for a flavorful bite, particularly when topped with a scattering of scallions and paprika.
    SAVEUR Editors, Saveur, 5 Feb. 2025
  • But even if truffles are beyond your pay grade, there is plenty of enjoyment to be had in the sheer devilment portrayed in this informative and appetizing book.
    Eugenia Bone, WSJ, 10 July 2019
Noun
  • He is played by Ethan Hawke, a mainstay of Linklater’s movies, in a remarkable amalgam of bitterness, exuberance, drollery, tenderness, frustration, and tremendous artistic passion.
    Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Matthew Rankin’s latest surreal comedy, between hilarious drollery and bitter disillusionment.
    J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 18 Dec. 2024

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“Waggery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waggery. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.

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