doggerel
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Hard at work on the lyrics for the show was Doge of Doggerel Ogden Nash.
From Time Magazine Archive
Doggerel verses, at the foot of the print, celebrate the arrival of a bard, "from ye Great Mogul," bringing with him Wit, Humour, and Satyr, and receiving the Queen's "honest favour," in "show'rs of gold."
From Henry Fielding: a Memoir by Godden, G. M.
It is a Dispute among the Criticks, whether Burlesque Poetry runs best in Heroick Verse, like that of the Dispensary;2 or in Doggerel, like that of Hudibras.
From The Spectator, Volume 2. by Addison, Joseph
I think where the low Character is to be raised, the Heroick is the proper Measure; but when an Hero is to be pulled down and degraded, it is done best in Doggerel.
From The Spectator, Volume 2. by Addison, Joseph
"A man born for surprises," said Friedrich long since, in the Strasburg Doggerel.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 14 by Carlyle, Thomas
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