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japery
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun japery has 1 sense
- japery(n = noun.act) buffoonery, clowning, frivolity, harlequinade, prank - acting like a clown or buffoon; Array is a kind of craziness, folly, foolery, indulgence, lunacy, tomfoolery
has particulars: schtick, schtik, shtick, shtik
CIDE DICTIONARY
japery, n. [Cf. OF. japerie a yelping.].
Jesting; buffoonery. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
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