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Tomfool   Listen
noun
Tomfool  n.  A great fool; a trifler.






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"Tomfool" Quotes from Famous Books



... ole gray sinna H's jes brimful o' gas, Singin' dat tomfool ditty As he goes hobblin' pas'! He betta be prayin' and mebbe H'll git in de fold at las'! Yes, he's gwine to de grabe up yonder By de trees dar on de hill, Where all alone by hisself one day He buried po' massa Will! You see dey ...
— The Poets and Poetry of Cecil County, Maryland • Various

... suffer for it. Call it what you wish, but don't expect any sympathy from me. While I use every precaution to preserve my health, you go sloshing around in your bare feet, or sit on a cake of ice to read a dime novel, or do some other tomfool thing to flatten you out. I refuse to sympathize with you, Mrs. Bowser—absolutely and teetotally refuse to utter one word ...
— The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VII. (of X.) • Various

... you mean by your customers and overcharges?" shrieked Major Brown, whose keen feminine nature, steady in pain or danger, became almost hysterical in the presence of a long and exasperating mystery. "Who are you? I've never seen you or your insolent tomfool bills. I know one of your cursed ...
— The Club of Queer Trades • G. K. Chesterton

... me. I say, Guy,' he proceeded, in a tone of extreme bitterness, though with a sort of smile, 'the only wonder is that I don't hate the very sight of you! There are times when I feel as if I could bite some men,—that Tomfool Maurice de Courcy, for instance, when I hear him ...
— The Heir of Redclyffe • Charlotte M. Yonge



Words linked to "Tomfool" :   fool, jackass, goofball, saphead, goof, putz, twat, goose, buffoon, muggins, morosoph, cuckoo, meshuggener, simple



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