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单词 tomfool
例句 tomfool
Their own father, an amiable giant nearly seven foot tall, lacked the drive and ambition of his sons, and he refused to support this tomfool idea. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z
And this is where it’s ended: with a bunch of tomfool police playing soldier, tear-gassing random civilians, arresting journalists and turning Ferguson into a watchword for policing at its worst. Playing soldier in the suburbs 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z
His manner and policies did not endear him to his political masters, notably Prime Minister Harold Wilson, who said he pursued “tomfool issues” and represented “a kind of aging perennial youth: he immatures with age.” Tony Benn, Leftist Icon in Britain, Dies at 88 2014-03-14T08:01:06Z
I know that well enough for I knew one of the tomfools. The Independence Day Horror at Killsbury 2012-04-20T02:00:07.610Z
Angry incredulity choked me, and I sat scowling at Silver Heels and striving to reconcile her serious mien with such a tomfool speech. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z
"However, it's exactly the same as if we were—" "Exactly tomfool!" The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z
“See here, young feller!” said Wisdom, “don’t go fill yourself up with tomfool notions ’bout lions and tigers waitin’ behind every bush. Jock of the Bushveld 2011-08-04T02:00:24.987Z
And think of that tomfool of a Tommy-Bill-beg sending the man to me. She's All the World to Me 2011-04-09T02:00:16.923Z
"Here, Jerome, take the horn," said Flurry to Dr. Hickey; "I'm going to see Mrs. Yeates up to the house, the way these tomfools won't gallop on top of her." Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-01-16T03:00:24.113Z
"Go and fetch the money and the tomfool paint-box thing that you say he had it in." Carrots: Just a Little Boy
"Don't do that tomfool thing again!" the old man shouted, and Johnny, clasping his recovered ball, grinned at him. An Old Chester Secret
Rev'rend, I heard tell once about some tomfool idiot going over Niagary in a barrel, and I tell you it was like that when I tried crossin' that freshet to reach the contraption. Year of the Big Thaw
Drop this 'ere tomfool game and go home quiet to wherever it is you do live.' The Talking Horse And Other Tales
But not now; he was done with tomfool nights. The Place of Honeymoons
And, say, for a minute there, after Gridley had got the drift of that tomfool remark, I didn’t know whether he was goin’ to throw Marmaduke through the window, or have another fit. Odd Numbers Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe
But, still, I made out as Roland—him there, a-grinning like a tomfool—was to carry a challenge from Leonidas Force—him there, a-winking like a magpie as has just hid a thimble—to Col. Her Mother's Secret
I've been dared into a lot of tomfool things in my day. Frank Merriwell's Son A Chip Off the Old Block
I had just got as far as that, when the gentleman said "Pshaw!" and then he told me to run off, and not come into the church again to tomfool—that's what he said. Odd
"Before we go any further," said Megger rudely, "I don't share your tomfool ideas about the rogue!" The Sins of Séverac Bablon
Will you put that tomfool thing away, sir! Sappers and Miners The Flood beneath the Sea
Made me dress up my men and the ship in this tomfool way. Blue Jackets The Log of the Teaser
Then the father swore “he was not going to have his son make a tomfool of hisself to please that there parson.” The Carbonels
A scamp and a scalawag and a tomfool, though, if you want to know. Man to Man
“If she wa'n't dead and gone, I wouldn't believe one word of such a tomfool story,” said she, with vicious energy. The Shoulders of Atlas A Novel
"Milly Boon is the woman I'm aiming at, and it may or may not interest you to larn that she loves you better than anything on earth—you—you she loves, you gert tomfool!" The Torch and Other Tales
Oh, you needn't ask me to believe that tomfool tale, old chap! The Keeper of the Door
I don't like to apply such a tomfool word to anything, but observe how all this has come about. Master of His Fate
"You'll admit it was a tomfool thing to do," he said. Greatheart
“You are talking tomfool nonsense,” he said, scowling. The Shoulders of Atlas A Novel
The heaven that would answer a call of that kind would be a heaven for zanies and tomfools!' Aylwin
Much snow there was that day, and it was cold; but whereas that man swaggered exceedingly, and was the greatest of tomfools, he had a by-name, and was called Noise. The Story of Grettir the Strong
"Chief among them, why your tomfool brother—you call him your brother, I suppose?—brought me over here on a fool's errand." The Knave of Diamonds
It's women's tomfool dressing keeps us all down. The Wrong Twin
What you want to do is get behind my tomfool words and get a feel of the man that's behind them. Burning Daylight
Arrangements were made to secure me two hours alone with the prisoner, so that nothing seemed to be wanting to this tomfool business. The Autobiography of a Quack and the Case of George Dedlow
For the love of God come round here this instant and deliver me from the clutches of a tomfool A.P.M. Mr. Standfast
Why, the very state of the street is a disgrace and a temptation to such tomfools. Alarms and Discursions
Hell and furies," the Colonel groaned, "there's that tomfool boy again! Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes
You want genius, my boy, to make a tomfool of yourself like this,' and he looked himself proudly up and down. The History of David Grieve
"Why do you let that great tomfool call you by your first name, Mary?" he demanded, almost before the front door was shut. The Nest Builder
Why couldn't Swing Tunstall have stayed reasonably in Farewell instead of traipsing off over the range like a tomfool. The Heart of the Range
"You expect me to go with you on this tomfool's errand?" Bunch Grass A Chronicle of Life on a Cattle Ranch
BLONDIN, the great French tomfool, brought more people to Niagara Falls to see him, possibly, add a new Fall to the prospect, than ever the Falls themselves did. Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 22, August 27, 1870
Oh, thou tomfool!" thought Brother Lustig to himself, and nudged his comrade's side, and said, "Don't be so stupid! Household Tales by Brothers Grimm
Are you really the two tomfools I have read of in all the papers? The Ball and the Cross
Johnny—he was Jack at school, but that, of course, his tomfools of relations couldn't be expected to remember—Johnny was waiting on the platform when the train steamed in. Australia Felix
If Dalrymple really meant what he had said and would stick to it, she need not mind being called a tomfool by her mother. The Last Chronicle of Barset
Nay, I am not born a tomfool For people to vote me to rule! Truth and the Myth : Couplets quips
"No, no, Major, don't play tomfool," and Jeekie grabbed him by the arm and dragged him away. A Yellow God: an Idol of Africa
That tomfool letter we sent ruined whatever chance I had left. Cabbages and Kings
For my part, I think that a British merch—" "Hold your tongue, sir," bounced out the Major, "and don't lecture me; don't come to me, sir, with your slang about Nature's gentlemen—Nature's tomfools, sir! The Paris Sketch Book
It was a tomfool trick for any man to do.  Lost Face
"I'll stop all night in your tomfool wood and up your tomfool trees," he said. The Trees of Pride
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