dog·ger·el (dô
g
r-l, d
gr-) also dog·grel (dôgrl, dg-)
n.
Crudely or irregularly fashioned verse, often of a humorous or burlesque nature.
[From Middle English, poor, worthless, from dogge, dog; see dog.]
dogger·el adj.
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Noun
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doggerel – a comic verse of irregular measure; “he had heard some silly doggerel that kept running through his mind”
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