Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Drollery \Droll"er*y\, n.; pl. {Drolleries}. [F. dr[^o]lerie.
   See {Droll}.]
   1. The quality of being droll; sportive tricks; buffoonery;
      droll stories; comical gestures or manners.

            The rich drollery of ``She Stoops to Conquer.'' --
                                                  Macaulay.

   2. Something which serves to raise mirth; as:
      (a) A puppet show; also, a puppet. [Obs.] --Shak.
      (b) A lively or comic picture. [Obs.]

                I bought an excellent drollery, which I
                afterward parted with to my brother George of
                Wotton.                           -- Evelyn.