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DOGGEREL VERSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does doggerel verse mean?
• DOGGEREL VERSE (noun)
The noun DOGGEREL VERSE has 1 sense:
1. a comic verse of irregular measure
Familiarity information: DOGGEREL VERSE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A comic verse of irregular measure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
doggerel; doggerel verse; jingle
Context example:
he had heard some silly doggerel that kept running through his mind
Hypernyms ("doggerel verse" is a kind of...):
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