Wag"ger*y (-gẽr*?), 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.