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  • n  foolish or senseless behavior

  • It is packed with laughs, brimming with stage tomfoolery (a character who leaves the dining room in one play shows up in the sitting room in the next) and staged superbly by .
  • We'll forgive a little tomfoolery.
  • Ah, corporate branding still going strong in the midst of April 1st tomfoolery.
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  • Recent comments
    I don't understand this. Romney, a Republican, got this going in Mass, and it's working. He would have kept it if he were elected… Tomfoolery posted at 8:54 am on Wed, Jun 12, 2013. I agree. Both parties are the same. That's why I am not a part of either.
    June 14, 2013 - The Daily Iberian
Quotes

  • Doug Howlett in TVNZ
    It was a little bit of tomfoolery that again has caused me to be here. I apologise to the people back home, family and friends, the New Zealand public and my team mates,Howlett said in his confessional.
  • Sunil Gavaskar in Independent Online
    Kumble is not only a giant in Indian cricket, but whose attitude towards it is a no-nonsense one, and so, there won't be any tomfoolery on the field while he is in charge,said Gavaskar. "He picked up wickets in both innings. He also made...
  • James May in Daily Star
    James added: "We decided we had to rein in on the complete tomfoolery. It's like drinking in the pub - there's a point that you think you are still funny but everyone else is finding you a bit wearing."

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