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Word: tomfool (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Usage:

...like a tightrope to perfect their balance when they took over as stewards on the royal train. Snapped the New Statesman's Kingsley Martin when this news reached London: "Buckingham Palace needs a sensible public-relations department. The King and Queen have a sufficiently burdensome job without this tomfool buildup...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Through Sunny Seas | 2/24/1947 | See Source »

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