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April foolery
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Pronunciation
en /ˌeɪpɹɪl ˈfuːləɹi/
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Tricks played on April Fools' Day.
en 1934 James Hilton w:Goodbye, Mr. Chips London Hodder & Stoughton 8 http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks05/0500111h.html Not till days afterward did he realize that it had been a piece of April-foolery.
en Brian Whitaker These Foolish Things w:The Guardian 1 April 2002 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/apr/01/worlddispatch.brianwhitaker 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".