skylark

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All the way my companions were skylarking, jesting, and making puns, and I felt as if a load had been taken off my lungs and spirits, and skylarked with the best of them.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

A gang of uncouth practical jokers, exploding in horse-laughter, skylarked about, jostling rudely.

From The Forest by White, Stewart Edward

The passengers played cards, and read and sang and skylarked about the decks.

From Jimmie Higgins by Sinclair, Upton

Other Indian youths jumped into the water and swam about and skylarked, whooping wildly. 

From Memoirs by Leland, Charles Godfrey

From stage to stage your course he's marked Abroad as eke at home; Where'er you've travelled, toiled, skylarked; And now mid-age has come, My Prince, And now mid-age has come.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, November 14, 1891 by Various