If there is a martial ring to this Washington waggery, there is also an alarming truth.
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In contrast, his works sometimes include a romanticism which combines eroticism and waggery with more erudite influences such as Petrarch.
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Hollywood Writer-Director Andrew Stone's handiwork, billed as a black comedy, hues to the popular misnomer for any movie that dares to flaunt some inept waggery or mishandle a corpse.
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Waggish behavior
Drollery: a quaint and amusing jest
Droll behaviour characteristic of a wag; a droll remark or jest