Waggeries

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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           A drollery and lurking waggery of expression. --W.
                                                    Irving.
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