waggeries
waggeries is the plural of waggery.
Meaning of waggery
Noun
waggery (countable and uncountable, plural waggeries)
- Droll behaviour characteristic of a wag.
- Earnestly bent upon fulfilling the weighty, nay solemn, responsibilities of his office at all hazard, even at the risk of so far neglecting his parliamentary duties as to appear upon the division-list less frequently than any of his colleagues, Sir John Pakington wore the wooden spoon at the...1858, Charles Kent, The Derby Ministry: A Series of Cabinet Pictures, page 237
- A droll remark or jest.
Questions about waggeries
- What is waggeries the plural of?
- Waggeries is the plural of waggery.
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