Definitions
a quaint and amusing jest
Word origin
From French drôlerie, from drôle + -erie; equivalent to droll + -ery.
Used in a sentence
“He found that Sally had a restrained, but keen, sense of the ridiculous, and she made remarks about the girls or the men who were set over them which amused him by their unexpected drollery.”
“You might be impressed by the simultaneous appearance of "Cardeans", "Clans" and North British Atlantics, or engaged by the drolleries of the three shunting engines, one from each company.”
“"I'm pregnant." "No drolleries this morning please." "Three months."”
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01“Amusing behavior”8 letters
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