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
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.
That's what comes of all that tomfool business.
From Falk A Reminiscence by Conrad, Joseph
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
