English
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Alternative spellings
doggrel
Pronunciation
UK: IPA|/�d�g�r�l/
Adjective
en-adj|-
- context|poetry Of a crude or irregular construction. (Originally applied to humorous verse, but now to verse lacking artistry or meaning.)
#*1678, w:John_Dryden|John Dryden, "Prologue to Limberham," lines 1-4,
#*:True wit has seen its best days long ago;
#*:It ne'er look'd up, since we were dipp'd in show:
#*:When sense in doggerel rhymes and clouds was lost,
#*:And dulness flourish'd at the actors' cost.
Noun
en-noun
#A doggerel poem or verse.
#*1895, w:Stephen_Crane|Stephen Crane,The Red Badge of Courage, ch. 8,
#*:As he marched he sang a bit of doggerel in a high and quavering voice:
#*::"Sing a song 'a vic'try,
#*::A pocketful 'a bullets,
#*::Five an' twenty dead men
#*::Baked in a�pie."
References
R:Webster 1828
R:Webster 1913|doggerel
R:Dictionary.com|doggerel
"doggerel" in Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2007 Microsoft Corporation.
"doggerel" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press 2007.
"doggerel" in Compact Oxford English Dictionary, © Oxford University Press, 2007.
Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.
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