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dodderel | dodderil, n. meanings, etymology and more
The earliest known use of the noun dodderel is in the 1840s. OED's earliest evidence for dodderel is from 1846, in a dictionary by James Halliwell, antiquary ...
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doddard - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Apparently from dod (“to poll (trees)”) + -ard; the formation being parallel to pollard: cf. doddle, dodderel in same sense. But it may have been merely a ...
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DOGGEREL Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
comic or burlesque, and usually loose or irregular in measure. rude; crude; poor. noun. doggerel verse. doggerel. / ˈdɒɡərəl, ˈdɒɡrəl /. noun. comic ...
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dodderel
dodderel, -ril dial. [f. dod v.1: cf. doddered, also dotterel (in same sense).] (See quots.)1847–78 Halliwell, Dodderel, a pollard. Warw. 1881 Leicestersh. Gloss., Dodderil, a pollard tree. 1891 Rutland Gloss. s.v., The boundary is by yon old dodderil oak.
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DOGGEREL definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
1. trivial, awkward, often comic verse characterized by a monotonous rhythm 2. any trivial or bad poetry
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doggerel - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Noun · (poetry) A comic or humorous verse, usually irregular in measure. · 1894, George du Maurier, “Part Sixth”, in Trilby: A Novel , New York, N.Y.: Harper & ...
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The name may have derived from "dodderel", a dialect word for a pollard. The trees succumbed to Dutch Elm Disease in the 1980s.
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DOTTEREL Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of DOTTEREL is a Eurasian plover (Eudromias morinellus) formerly common in England; also : any of various related plovers chiefly of eastern ...
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Doggerel Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary
DOGGEREL meaning: poetry that is poorly written and that often is not meant to be taken seriously.
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dodderer, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English ...
The earliest known use of the noun dodderer is in the 1900s. OED's earliest evidence for dodderer is from 1907, in the writing of George Bernard Shaw.
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Doggerel - Wikipedia
Doggerel, or doggrel, is poetry that is irregular in rhythm and in rhyme, often deliberately for burlesque or comic effect. Alternatively, it can mean verse ...
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Doggerel - Etymology, Origin & Meaning
Originating in the 1630s, this word describes rhyming verse with forced meter and banal rhyme; earlier, a 14th-century adjective for loose, ...
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doddard
† ˈdoddard Obs. rare. [app. f. dod v.1 to poll (trees) + -ard; the formation being parallel to poll-ard: cf. doddle n., dodderel in same sense. But it may have been merely a modification of dottard, dotard (found earlier in same sense) with fanciful assimilation to dod v.1 and its derivatives: see d...
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