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From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Droll·er·y
n.
;
pl
.
Drolleries
1.
The
quality
of
being
droll
;
sportive
tricks
;
buffoonery
;
droll
stories
;
comical
gestures
or
manners
.
The
rich
drollery
of
=\“
She
Stoops
to
Conquer.”
\= --
Macaulay
.
2.
Something
which
serves
to
raise
mirth
;
as
:
(a)
A
puppet
show
;
also
,
a
puppet
. [
Obs
.] --
Shak
.
(b)
A
lively
or
comic
picture
. [
Obs
.]
I
bought
an
excellent
drollery
,
which
I
afterward
parted
with
to
my
brother
George
of
Wotton
.
--
Evelyn
.
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