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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of April-fool.

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Examples

  • It does seem unlikely that they would charge you for an article which is an April-fools joke.

    An Esper Spaghetti Graph « Climate Audit 2006

  • ZELLA T. -- The origin of April-fools 'Day is unknown.

    Harper's Young People, March 2, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Various

  • We'll prove that we are not April-fools by beginning our garden.

    Driven Back to Eden Edward Payson Roe 1863

  • He was in other respects one of those estimable bourgeois who solemnly put Christmas logs on their fire, draw kings at play, invent April-fools, stroll on the boulevards when the weather is fine, go to see the skating, and are always to be found on the terrace of the Place Louis XV. at two o'clock on the days of the fireworks, with

    Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau Honor�� de Balzac 1824

  • "But we learned a valuable lesson, no more April-fools jokes from the forum ...

    The Register Team Register 2010

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