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clerihew
CIDE DICTIONARY
clerihew, n.
a witty satiric verse containing two rhymed couplets and mentioning a famous person. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
clerihew, n. a short comic or nonsensical verse, usu. in two rhyming couplets with lines of unequal length and referring to a famous person.
Etymology
E. Clerihew Bentley, Engl. writer d. 1956, its inventor
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