Droll"er*y (?), n.; pl. Drolleries (#). [F. drolerie. See Droll.]
1.
The quality of being droll; sportive tricks; buffoonery; droll stories; comical gestures or manners.
The rich drollery of "She Stoops to Conquer."
Macaulay.
2.
Something which serves to raise mirth
; as: (a)
A puppet show; also, a puppet
. [Obs.]
Shak. (b)
A lively or comic picture.
[Obs.]
I bought an excellent drollery, which I afterward parted with to my brother George of Wotton.
Evelyn.
© Webster 1913.