Drolls are short comical sketches that originated during the Puritan Interregnum in England. Wikipedia
The term "droll" has also come to be applied as puppet shows and a type of light, satiric verse. Wikipedia
Drolleries (or drollery), often called a "grotesque", are decorative thumbnail sketches in the margins of Illuminated manuscripts, Wikipedia
Very droll!
I love your dry and wry sense of humor! (leaving the store
with money! heh heh). "from the Amersterdam Knowledge Base"
An example of 'Very Droll' in use:
We did a few charity events with him in the late 1990s, and he was very droll and very amusing—a lot of fun to be around.
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I was confusing a 'troll' with a droll'.
An Internet "troll" is a person who delights in sowing discord on the Internet. ... When you scream at a troll, he wins. The only thing that trolls can't ...
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