DROLLERY

drollery. Drollery, n. bussoonery, archness, mirth

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Droll″er‐y (?), n.; pl. Drolleries (#). [[F. drôlerie. See Droll.]] 1. 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. 2. Something which serves to raise mirth; as: (a) A puppet show; also, a puppet. Shak. (b) A lively or comic picture.
I bought an excellent drollery, which I afterward parted with to my brother George of Wotton. Evelyn.