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nonsense verse
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nonsense verse
n.
Verse characterized by humor or whimsy and often featuring nonce words.
nonsense verse
n
(Literature / Poetry) verse in which the sense is nonexistent or absurd, such as that of Edward Lear
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Noun1.nonsense verse - nonsensical writing (usually verse)
amphigory
hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality, bunk - a message that seems to convey no meaning
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nonsense verse
n → Nonsensvers m, → Unsinnsvers m; (= genre) → Nonsensverse pl, → Unsinnsverse pl
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In any case, the person in the nonsense rhyme turned out not to be St.
A NONSENSE KIDS' RHYME LINKS N.M., SANTA ANNA by The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM)
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