verseletn.
/ˈvəːslᵻt/, U.S. /ˈvərslət/ A little verse; a small poem.
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1837 B. D. Walsh tr. Aristophanes Acharnians ii. iii, in Comedies 43 His mind, which is collecting Small verselets out of doors, is not at home.
1865 Reader No. 151. 567/2 Each page containing a verselet.
1880 J. L. Warren Guide Study Book-plates i. 8 Mottoes, texts, and verselets directed against borrowers.
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