Doggrel

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Archaic form of doggerel. alt-of, archaic, countable, uncountable

    "To Latinise a pun, we must seek a pun in Latin, that will answer to it; as, to give an idea of the double endings in Hudibras, we must have recourse to a similar practice in the old monkish doggrel."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Archaic form of doggerel. alt-of, archaic, not-comparable

    "Your wit burlesque may one step higher climb, And in his sphere may judge all doggrel rhyme: All proves, and moves, and loves, and honours too; All that appears high sense, and scarce is low."

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"Your wit burlesque may one step higher climb, And in his sphere may judge all doggrel rhyme: All proves, and moves, and loves, and honours too; All that appears high sense, and scarce is low."

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