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Webster 1913 Edition

Waggery

Wag′ger-y

(-gẽr-y̆)

,

Noun.

;

pl.

Waggeries

(#)

.

[From

.]

The manner or action of a wag; mischievous merriment; sportive trick or gayety; good-humored sarcasm; pleasantry; jocularity;

as, the

waggery

of a schoolboy

.

Locke.

A drollery and lurking

waggery

of expression.

W. Irving.