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Synonyms:
- devilishness, funniness, one-liner, playfulness, trick, rascality, sally, facetiousness, quip, roguery, wit, rag, espièglerie, mischievousness, jest, boff, knavery, boffola, shine, wickedness, roguishness, banter, caper, giggle, raillery, shavie, practical joke, diablerie, capriccio, impishness, josh, witticism, devilry, funny, humor, nifty, rib, devilment, monkeyshine, dido, clowning, frolic, jocularity, joke, gag, hob, comedy, yuk, jape, crack, antic, burlesque, fun, wisecrack, shenanigan, laugh, escapade, waggishness, pleasantry, drollery
Examples:
- - His self- esteem was hurt at the child not relishing his waggery. - "A Book of Ghosts", Sabine Baring-Gould
- - The pert waggery of the pritschmeister to the country people excited a laughter on the shooting- ground which would be offensive to us. - "Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I.", Gustav Freytag
- - But the Ballantyne family had no great faith in his veracity, when it suited his convenience to fib, exaggerate, or prevaricate, particularly when excited by his own lucubrations, or the waggery of his more intellectual neighbors and companions. - "Spare Hours", John Brown
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