distich
Example Sentences
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The following distich is used in this game: Higgory, diggory, digg'd, My sow has pigg'd.
From Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England by Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard)
Furnished with the English letters corresponding to these symbols, one may, if sufficiently curious, translate each distich as one finds it.
From A West Country Pilgrimage by Phillpots, Eden
I myself could have responded to the royal suspiria with one distich.
From From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey by Howe, Julia Ward
This distich alludes to the quantity of old coins found near those places.
From Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England by Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard)
This distich is said by a boy who feels very lazy, yet wishes to exert himself.
From Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England by Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard)
