'Drolleries' definitions:

Definition of 'Drolleries'

From: GCIDE
  • Drollery \Droll"er*y\, n.; pl. Drolleries. [F. dr[^o]lerie. See Droll.]
  • 1. The quality of being droll; sportive tricks; buffoonery; droll stories; comical gestures or manners. [1913 Webster]
  • The rich drollery of "She Stoops to Conquer." -- Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Something which serves to raise mirth; as: (a) A puppet show; also, a puppet. [Obs.] --Shak. (b) A lively or comic picture. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • I bought an excellent drollery, which I afterward parted with to my brother George of Wotton. -- Evelyn. [1913 Webster]

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