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drollery1590s, from French drôlerie (16c.), from drôle (see droll).
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drollery a puppet-show.
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drollery(n) a comic incident or series of incidents(n) a quaint and amusing jest
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drollerya puppet-show
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drolleryA humorous picture, especially one that has animals dressed as human beings or engaged in human activites. Source: Ralph Mayer, "A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques"
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drollery
Comical quality.
* '''1915''', , "", :
*: 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 amus [..]
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