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
He’ah dat ole gray sinna H’s jes brimful o’ gas, Singin’ dat tomfool ditty As he goes hobblin’ pas’!
From The Poets and Poetry of Cecil County, Maryland by Various
"Go and fetch the money and the tomfool paint-box thing that you say he had it in."
From Carrots: Just a Little Boy by Molesworth, Mrs.
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.
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
