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1
playful, reckless behavior that is not intended to cause serious harm
- tossing lighted firecrackers around is not the kind of harmless waggery that it might seem
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2
something said or done to cause laughter
- Will Rogers' homespun waggeries struck a chord with audiences during the Great Depression
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- knee-slapper,
- panic
- [slang],
- riot,
- scream,
- thigh-slapper
3
a playful or mischievous act intended as a joke
- her innocent little waggeries usually involved whoopee cushions or fake snakes in cans
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- adventure,
- experience,
- game,
- lark,
- time
- high jinks
- (also hijinks),
- horseplay,
- play,
- roughhousing,
- rowdyism
- deed,
- feat,
- mission,
- performance,
- stunt
- deceit,
- deception,
- delusion,
- fooling,
- fraud,
- hanky-panky,
- hoodwinking,
- ruse,
- sham,
- stratagem,
- subterfuge,
- trickery,
- wile
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The first known use of waggery was in 1594
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