Limerick - English meaning
Limerick – definitions in English dictionary
nounA humorous five-line poem with a rhyme scheme aabba.
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Verbal abuse and insulting ditties, ballads, limericks, and other doggerel had long been directed a…
proper nounA town on the river shannon in the west of the republic of ireland; population 52,539 (2006).
proper nounA county of the republic of ireland, in the west of the province of munster.
nounA humorous poem with five lines, the first two lines having the same final sound as the last line
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Word origin
late 19th century: said to be from the chorus ‘will you come up to Limerick?’, sung between improvised verses at a gathering.
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