Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Waggery

Waggery (-gẽr*y) , noun

[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