tomfool
Example Sentences
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Their own father, an amiable giant nearly seven foot tall, lacked the drive and ambition of his sons, and he refused to support this tomfool idea.
From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl
Drop this 'ere tomfool game and go home quiet to wherever it is you do live.'
From The Talking Horse And Other Tales by Anstey, F.
"Don't do that tomfool thing again!" the old man shouted, and Johnny, clasping his recovered ball, grinned at him.
From An Old Chester Secret by Deland, Margaret Wade Campbell
And, say, for a minute there, after Gridley had got the drift of that tomfool remark, I didn’t know whether he was goin’ to throw Marmaduke through the window, or have another fit.
From Odd Numbers Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe by Ford, Sewell
"Before we go any further," said Megger rudely, "I don't share your tomfool ideas about the rogue!"
From The Sins of Séverac Bablon by Rohmer, Sax
