Dictionary entry

Waggery

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Wag″ger‐y (–gẽr‐y̆), n.; pl.Waggeries (#). [From Wag.] The manner or action of a wag; mischievous merriment; sportive trick or gayety; good-humored sarcasm; pleasantry; jocularity; as, the waggery of a schoolboy. Locke.

A drollery and lurking waggery of expression. W. Irving.