Drollery \Droll"er*y\, n.; pl. {Drolleries}. [F. dr[^o]lerie. 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.