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clerihew definition

cleri·hew (kler′ə hyo̵̅o̅′)

noun

a humorous, quasi-biographical poem made up of two rhymed couplets with lines of varying length and meter

Etymology: after E. Clerihew Bentley (1875-1956), Eng author

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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