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Examples for "waggery "
Examples for "waggery "
1 She did not smile; perhaps she felt such an approach to waggery unworthy of him.
2 One can fancy the composer's amusement at this highly-imaginative interpretation of his harmless bit of waggery .
3 The clown will laugh at a waggery , and the gentleman only at a stroke of delicate conceit.
4 Insolence made use of it to give offence; ignorance, to avoid exposing itself; and waggery , to create laughter.
5 With the waggery that cropped up at the most unexpected times, he turned to George with the question:
1 I can't help loving that man, for all his drollery and waggishness .
2 Truly they were ahungered, but could never quite lose their waggishness .
3 Mr. Tenby made it his business to push his clamorous waggishness for the exhibition.
4 Beethoven's waggishness was frequently vented on a young friend, Zmeskall, who was court secretary.
5 We fear that Walt's waggishness was rather heavily shod.
6 So deplorable is the waggishness of a person, however gifted, who has no sense of humour!
7 This ducal waggishness gave me time to observe that the sergeant's uneasiness was icy coldness in comparison with his lordship's.
8 This saying once again points out that not enough people apportion human sagacity to qualities such as wit, humour and waggishness .
9 By way of a coda to this royal tableau, one insider assures the Guardian that Waggishness is catching.
10 "Jack," said Fred, with something of his old waggishness , as he looked across the fire into the face of his comrade, "let's go home."
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