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dog·ger·el [ˈdɒgərəl, Am ˈdɑ:gɚəl] N no pl

doggerel

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Nursery rhymes may be songs, or doggerel: the term doesn't imply a distinction. en.wikipedia.org

This work is written throughout in a rough doggerel, but is historically useful as the undoubted testimony of an eye-witness. en.wikipedia.org

The lyrics often resort to banalities and occasionally to doggerel. en.wikipedia.org

The name may also be used to describe a doggerel poem which exhausts the possible rhymes with a particular word. en.wikipedia.org

The musical forms were highly repetitive, and the lyrics were quite often doggerel without any cohesive or preconceived composition. en.wikipedia.org

The chronicle is written in "knittelvers", a form of doggerel, and in its oldest version is 4543 lines long. en.wikipedia.org

He wrote verses also, and several of them have been printed, but they are little better than doggerel rhyme. en.wikipedia.org

Most of his prophecies are doggerel, and require careful interpretation. en.wikipedia.org

He has composed several poems outlining his beliefs, all of which are written in doggerel verse. en.wikipedia.org

It typically consisted of doggerel punning rhymes, giving the names of the chief personages in the procession and alluding to their individual characteristics. en.wikipedia.org

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