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doggerel

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doggerel, dogrel
a. comic verse, usually irregular in measure
b. (as modifier): a doggerel rhythm


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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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