clerihews

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A form of clerihew — A humorous rhyme of four lines with the rhyming scheme AABB, usually regarding a person mentioned in the first line.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

clerihews1

noun

alternative Clerihews

  1. pluralplural of clerihew.

Clerihews2

noun
  1. pluralplural of Clerihew. (Alternative letter-case form of clerihews.)
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