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
“You are talking tomfool nonsense,” he said, scowling.
From The Shoulders of Atlas A Novel by Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins
"Go and fetch the money and the tomfool paint-box thing that you say he had it in."
From Carrots: Just a Little Boy by Molesworth, Mrs.
Oh, you needn't ask me to believe that tomfool tale, old chap!
From The Keeper of the Door by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)
Laws-a-massy, ye tomfool," Justus cried, "let it be a sign ter them ez run ag'in' ye!
From The Mystery of Witch-Face Mountain and Other Stories by Murfree, Mary Noailles
