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dog·gerel (dôg′ər əl)
noun
- trivial, awkward, often comic verse characterized by a monotonous rhythm
- any trivial or bad poetry
Etymology: ME dogerel (Chaucer), prob. < It doga, barrel stave, but infl. by dog as in dog Latin: parallel with Ger knüttelvers, lit., cudgel verse, Prov bastonnet, little stick, type of verse
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