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doggerel

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dog·ger·el  (dôgr-l, dgr-) also dog·grel (dôgrl, dg-)
n.
Crudely or irregularly fashioned verse, often of a humorous or burlesque nature.

[From Middle English, poor, worthless, from dogge, dog; see dog.]

dogger·el adj.

doggerel
Noun
poorly written, usually comic, verse [Middle English dogerel worthless]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.doggerel - a comic verse of irregular measure; "he had heard some silly doggerel that kept running through his mind"
rhyme, verse - a piece of poetry
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doggerel
n doggerel [ˈdogərəl]
bad poetry. kreupelrym, rymelary, gerymel شِعْر سَيِّئ безсмислени стихове kostrbatý verš dårlig poesi der Knittelvers κακής ποιότητας ποίηση copla de ciego, mal verso vemmalvärss شعر بی مایه ontuva runo vers de mirliton חָרִיזָה מְבָדָחַת भोंडा पद्य loša poezija fűzfavers puisi buruk leirburður, lélegur kveðskapur poesia burlesca 下手な詩 형편없는 시 prastos eilës rīme; pantiņš sajak yang teruk rijmelarij dårlige vers rymy częstochowskie algaravia versuri proaste вирши kostrbatý verš slabi verzi stihoklepac karamellvers, grötrim บทกวีที่ไม่ถูกตามแบบแผน kötü şiir 拙劣的詩,打油詩 погані вірші زٹل قافیہ بندی bài thơ dở


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I suppose the reader never makes nonsense rhymes from sheer gladness of heart,--nursery doggerel to keep time with the rippling of the stream, or the dancing of the sun, or the beating of his heart; the gibberish of delight.
The effect of this piece of doggerel was entirely convincing, and for days afterwards whenever Minnie met the Simpsons even a mile from the brick house she shuddered and held her peace.
They have told me since that I was singing some insane doggerel about "The Last Man Left Alive
 
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