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drollery

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.

Source : WordNet®

drollery
     n 1: a comic incident or series of incidents [syn: {clowning}, {comedy},
           {funniness}]
     2: a quaint and amusing jest [syn: {waggery}]
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