Hypertext Webster Gateway: "waggery"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Waggery \Wag"ger*y\ (-g[~e]r*[y^]), n.; pl. {Waggeries}. [From
{Wag}.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
waggery
n 1: waggish behavior [syn: {waggishness}]
2: a quaint and amusing jest [syn: {drollery}]
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