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Originally: nonsensical verse. Later: whimsical or nonsensical verse intended to amuse by absurdity; an example of this, spec. a limerick; (in plural…
A five-line poem, typically on a humorous or bawdy theme, with a rhyme scheme ‘aabba’, the first, second, and fifth lines each having three stressed…