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noun 
  1. A rhyme of four lines, usually regarding a person mentioned in the first line.
The , 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.
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    Etymology: Named after w:Edmund Clerihew Bentley, Edmund Clerihew Bentley


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