[syn: drollery, waggery]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
A drollery and lurking waggery of expression. --W.
Irving.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
waggery
n 1: waggish behavior [syn: waggery, waggishness]
2: a quaint and amusing jest [syn: drollery, waggery]