April foolery

English

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  • IPA(key): /ˌeɪpɹɪl ˈfuːləɹi/
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Noun

April foolery (usually uncountable, plural April fooleries)

  1. Tricks played on April Fools' Day.
    • 1934, James Hilton, chapter 8, in Goodbye, Mr. Chips‎, London: Hodder & Stoughton:
      Not till days afterward did he realize that it had been a piece of April-foolery.
    • 2002 April 1, Brian Whitaker, “These Foolish Things”, in The Guardian:
      On March 31 last year, the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia issued a warning to Muslims not to participate in April foolery, which he described as "a practice of the unbelievers".
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