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Definition of Tomfools
1. tomfool [n] - See also: tomfool
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tomfools
Literary usage of Tomfools
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero by William Makepeace Thackeray (1893)
"What the deuce was the good of my telling you what any tomfools talked about ?
" " It was damned unfriendly, Mac," said Rawdon quite overcome ; and, ..."
2. Works by Manuel Márquez Sterling, William Makepeace Thackeray, Leslie Stephen, Louise Stanage (1897)
"or-Nature's tomfools, sir ! Did Nature open a cash account for you at a banker's,
sir? Did Nature give you an education, sir? What do you mean by competing ..."
3. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Sir Leslie Stephen (1898)
"... don't come to me, sir, with your slang about Nature's gentlemen — Nature's
tomfools, sir ! Did Nature open a cash account for you at a banker's, sir ! ..."
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