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noun 
  1. A doggerel poem or verse.
    • 1895, w:Stephen_Crane, Stephen Crane,The Red Badge of Courage, ch. 8,
    • :As he marched he sang a bit of in a high and quavering voice:
    • ::"Sing a song 'a vic'try,
    • ::A pocketful 'a bullets,
    • ::Five an' twenty dead men
    • ::Baked in a"pie."
adjective 
  1. (context, poetry) Of a crude or irregular construction. (Originally applied to humorous verse, but now to verse lacking artistry or meaning.)
    • 1678, w:John_Dryden, John Dryden, "Prologue to Limberham," lines 1-4,
    • :True wit has seen its best days long ago;
    • :It ne'er look'd up, since we were dipp'd in show:
    • :When sense in rhymes and clouds was lost,
    • :And dulness flourish'd at the actors' cost.

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