\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.