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drolls

drolls is the plural of droll.

drolls is the third-person singular simple present indicative of droll.

Meaning of droll

Noun (1)

droll (plural drolls)

  1. (archaic) A funny person; a buffoon, a wag.
    • The lieutenant was a droll in his way, Peregrine possessed a great fund of sprightliness and good humour, and Godfrey, among his other qualifications already recited, sung a most excellent song […].1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC

Noun (2)

droll (plural drolls)

  1. (Gullah folklore) The ghost of a child, especially one who died a painful death.
    • HAMILTON’S HILL, 0.4 m., a little elevation, was the starting point for the races, and is known for a wide variety of ghosts including such fearsome creatures as a 10-foot cat that explodes before the beholder’s eyes, plat-eyes in the guise of three-legged hogs and two-headed cows, boo-daddies...1938, The Ocean Highway: New Brunswick, New Jersey to Jacksonville, Florida, page 204

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Proper noun capitalized: Drolls

Drolls

  1. (plural) plural of Droll

Questions about drolls

What is drolls the plural of?
Drolls is the plural of droll.
What part of speech is drolls?
Drolls is a proper noun.

Words near drolls in the dictionary

  1. drollishness
  2. drollist
  3. drollists
  4. drollness
  5. drollnesses
  6. drolls
  7. drolly
  8. droloxifene
  9. Drolsum
  10. dromadery
  11. dromaeognathous

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