waggery
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“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” has all the digital bells and whistles as well as much of the likable, self-aware waggery of the first.
From New York Times ● May 4, 2017
The New York Times' Manohla Dargis writes that "More is more and is, at times, just right in '22 Jump Street,' an exploding pinata of gags, pratfalls, winking asides, throwaway one-liners and self-reflexive waggery."
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2014
More is more and is, at times, just right in “22 Jump Street,” an exploding piñata of gags, pratfalls, winking asides, throwaway one-liners and self-reflexive waggery.
From New York Times ● Jun. 12, 2014
You won't like it if … Your ideal of musical comedy is prim, Kit and the Widow-style waggery.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 18, 2011
He develops an offensive waggery, shakes the forefinger that has detected an escapade, and makes of his lips the round O of shocked propriety, at heart in sympathy with the transgressor.
From Somehow Good by William Frend De Morgan
See what the critics say of your harmless jokes, neat little trim sentences, and pet waggeries!
From Roundabout Papers by William Makepeace Thackeray
Bixiou had the whole history of his own times at his finger-ends, more particularly its scandalous chronicle, embellished by added waggeries of his own.
From The Firm of Nucingen by Honoré de Balzac
All kinds of petty insults were heaped upon its pastors; while their place of worship was made the scene of vulgar waggeries and ribald jests.
From Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume I (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day by Anonymous
Behind the scenes he would mock and gibe at himself, had odd remarks to make about his face or his costume, and was alive with waggeries and witticisms.
From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 3, August, 1893 by Various
A thousand recollections of urchin waggeries spring up at its repetition.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 403, December 5, 1829 by Various
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