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doggerel


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Comic verse composed in irregular rhythm; verse or words that are badly written or expressed. Recorded from late Middle English (as an adjective describing such verse), apparently from dog used contemptuously, as in dog Latin.

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doggerel
in The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms (3) Length: 49 words
doggerel
in The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare Length: 32 words
doggerel
in The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (2) Length: 36 words

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