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April fool

noun

The butt of a prank played on April 1st.

A practical joke or trick played on the first day of April.

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"April fool" Quotes from Famous Books

... is, April Fool's Day?" he asked. "I'm surprised that the International Press should fall for such ...

— Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 • Various

... did. I made him the April fool! And I told him so, too! Ah, it was a charming surprise! There he stood, sweltering in a black dress-suit, with the mercury leaking out of the top of the thermometer, waiting to be married. You should have seen the look he gave when I whispered it in his ear. Ah, his wickedness cost me many a heartache ...

— Innocents abroad • Mark Twain

... The Duke of Buckingham's house fell down last night with an earthquake, and is half swallowed up; won't you go and see it?—An April fool, an April fool, oh ho, young women. Well, don't be angry. I will make you an April fool no more till the next time; we had no sport here, because it is Sunday, and Easter Sunday. I dined with the Secretary, who seemed terribly down and melancholy, which Mr. Prior and Lewis observed ...

— The Journal to Stella • Jonathan Swift

... If he [Montrevil] were too sanguine ... when he signed that engagement upon the first of April, etc.—Swift. April fool.[6] ...

— The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, Vol. X. • Jonathan Swift

... the playlet will fail. For instance, one playlet was ruined because right on top of the big, absorbing climax two of the characters who were then off stage stuck their heads in at the door and shouted at the hero of the tense situation, "April Fool." ...

— Writing for Vaudeville • Brett Page