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tomfool

[tom-fool] / ˈtɒmˈful /




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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

Drop this 'ere tomfool game and go home quiet to wherever it is you do live.'

From The Talking Horse And Other Tales by F. Anstey

O, that’s a different story!—What made you do it, you tomfool?

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson

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

“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


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