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
The relief of the garrison found expression in waggery; they called the generals the three bow-wows, and circulated the doggerel:— "Behold the Cerberus the Atlantic plow, Her precious cargo Burgoyne, Clinton, Howe, Bow wow wow!"
From The Siege of Boston by French, Allen
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