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

"Chief among them, why your tomfool brother—you call him your brother, I suppose?—brought me over here on a fool's errand."

From The Knave of Diamonds by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)

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)

I’ve always had a sneaking admiration for a tomfool.

From The Pagan Madonna by Koerner, W. H. D. (William Henry Dethlef)

Will you put that tomfool thing away, sir!

From Sappers and Miners The Flood beneath the Sea by Hurst, Hal