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Doggerel \Dog"ger*el\, a. [OE. dogerel.]

Low in style, and irregular in measure; as, doggerel rhymes.

This may well be rhyme doggerel, quod he. -- Chaucer.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Doggerel \Dog"ger*el\, 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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