APRIL FOOL
NOUNS
1879 — APRIL-ERRAND an errand upon which a person is sent on the first of April, as a practical joke → Eng. dial.
1891 — BELLMAN-SUCKER a beating administered to one sent on an April-fool’s errand → Eng. dial.
1910 — MAGOWK’S DAY April fool’s day → Sc.
NOUNS, PERSON
1777 — APRIL-GOWK an April fool → Eng. dial.
1898 — APRIL-GAWBY an April fool → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 — APRIL-GOB an April fool → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 — APRIL-GOBBY an April fool → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 — APRIL-NODDY an April fool → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
VERBS
1911 — MAGOWK to make an April fool of one → Sc.