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April foolery en · NOUN
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- /ˌeɪpɹɪl ˈfuːləɹi/
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(uncountable, usually) Tricks played on April Fools' Day.
On March 31 last year, the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia issued a warning to Muslims not to participate in April foolery, which he described as "a practice of the unbelievers".
2002 April 1, Brian Whitaker, “These Foolish Things”, in The Guardian:Not till days afterward did he realize that it had been a piece of April-foolery.
1934, James Hilton, chapter 8, in Goodbye, Mr. Chips, London: Hodder & Stoughton:
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