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

Laws-a-massy, ye tomfool," Justus cried, "let it be a sign ter them ez run ag'in' ye!

From The Mystery of Witch-Face Mountain and Other Stories by Murfree, Mary Noailles

"You'll admit it was a tomfool thing to do," he said.

From Greatheart by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)

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.

I don't like to apply such a tomfool word to anything, but observe how all this has come about.

From Master of His Fate by Cobban, J. Mclaren