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
Angry incredulity choked me, and I sat scowling at Silver Heels and striving to reconcile her serious mien with such a tomfool speech.
From Cardigan by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
Oh, you needn't ask me to believe that tomfool tale, old chap!
From The Keeper of the Door by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell
“See here, young feller!” said Wisdom, “don’t go fill yourself up with tomfool notions ’bout lions and tigers waitin’ behind every bush.
From Jock of the Bushveld by Sir Percy Fitzpatrick
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 Burt L. Standish
