DOGGERELS

Noun

doggerels

plural of doggerel

Source: Wiktionary


DOGGEREL

Dog"ger*el, a. Etym: [OE. dogerel.]

Definition: Low in style, and irregular in measure; as, doggerel rhymes. This may well be rhyme doggerel, quod he. Chaucer.

Dog"ger*el, n.

Definition: A sort of loose or irregular verse; mean or undignified poetry. Doggerel like that of Hudibras. Addison. The ill-spelt lines of doggerel in which he expressed his reverence for the brave sufferers. Macaulay.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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