Green’s Dictionary of Slang

April fools n.

[rhy. sl.]

1. tools; usu. implements for burglary.

[UK]V. Davis Phenomena in Crime 251: April fools. Meaning tools. Burglarious implements and the like.
[UK]J. Franklyn Dict. Rhy. Sl.
[UK]J. Jones Rhy. Cockney Sl.
[UK]P. Wright Cockney Dialect and Sl. 103: April Fools (Aprils) ‘tools’.

2. stool(s) (for sitting).

[UK]J. Franklyn Dict. Rhy. Sl.
[UK]J. Jones Rhy. Cockney Sl.

3. football pools.

[UK]J. Franklyn Dict. Rhy. Sl.
[UK]J. Jones Rhy. Cockney Sl.