English

Alternative spellings
Clerihew

Etymology
Named after w:Edmund Clerihew Bentley|Edmund Clerihew Bentley

Noun
clerihew

1. A rhyme of four lines, usually regarding a person mentioned in the first line.

#: The clerihew, as you can see,
#: is shorter than it ought to be,
#: with just four lines I�m s�posed to tell,
#: what it�s all about...oh well.

Translations
Chinese: ����詩

See also
limerick

vi:clerihew
zh:clerihew

• 2007-07-09 06:33 - Hippietrail - etym moved to own section, see also; chinese trans; alt spelling from wikipedia

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