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 Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
"You'll admit it was a tomfool thing to do," he said.
From Greatheart by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell
"Chief among them, why your tomfool brother—you call him your brother, I suppose?—brought me over here on a fool's errand."
From The Knave of Diamonds by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell
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
