waggery

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
waggery
    n 1: waggish behavior [syn: {waggery}, {waggishness}]
    2: a quaint and amusing jest [syn: {drollery}, {waggery}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Waggery \Wag"ger*y\ (-g[~e]r*[y^]), 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.
   [1913 Webster]

         A drollery and lurking waggery of expression. --W.
                                                  Irving.
   [1913 Webster]
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
35 Moby Thesaurus words for "waggery":
      crack, devilishness, devilment, devilry, deviltry, drollery,
      elfishness, flippancy, foolishness, frivolity, gag, high spirits,
      impishness, jape, jest, levity, merriment, mischief,
      mischievousness, playfulness, prankishness, pranksomeness,
      puckishness, quip, roguery, roguishness, scampishness,
      sportiveness, trickery, trickiness, waggishness, wisecrack,
      witticism, yak, youthful spirits
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