fool trick

President Stratton Duluth Brooks stormed about "a fool trick without authorization of administrative forces."

From Time Magazine Archive

“Didn’t I tell you to duck, ye rascal?” roared Captain Jeb, to whom a tumble like this seemed only a boy’s fool trick.

From Killykinick by Mary T. (Mary Theresa) Waggaman

"Well, don't try the fool trick your side-partner did today," said Mr. Robey, smiling.

From Left Guard Gilbert by Edward C. Caswell

Here," says I, "you've done a fool trick, and riled the boys considerable.

From Red Saunders' Pets and Other Critters by Henry Wallace Phillips

An’ you ain’t to stop him, no matter what fool trick he gets playin’.

From The Twins of Suffering Creek by Ridgwell Cullum