Definition of Tomfools

1. Noun. (plural of tomfool) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tomfools

1. tomfool [n] - See also: tomfool

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tomfools

tomcod
tomcods
tome
tomelet
tomelets
tomenta
tomentose
tomentous
tomentum
tomentum cerebri
tomes
tomfool
tomfooled
tomfooleries
tomfoolery
tomfools (current term)
tomia
tomial
tomichite
tomium
tomjohn
tomjohns
tomling
tommed
tommied
tommies
tomming
tommy
tommy-rot
tommy bar

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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