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

But not now; he was done with tomfool nights.

From The Place of Honeymoons by Keller, Arthur Ignatius

I've been dared into a lot of tomfool things in my day.

From Frank Merriwell's Son A Chip Off the Old Block by Standish, Burt L.

Made me dress up my men and the ship in this tomfool way.

From Blue Jackets The Log of the Teaser by Handforth, W.B.

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