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Doggerel
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
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.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
Low in style, and irregular in measure; as, doggerel rhymes. This may well be rhyme doggerel, quod he. Chaucer.