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clerihew

cler·i·hew [ klérrə hy ] (plural cler·i·hews)


noun 
Definition:
 
humorous verse about named person: a humorous or satirical verse consisting of two rhyming couplets in lines of irregular meter about somebody who is named in the verse

[Early 20th century. After Edmund Clerihew Bentley (1875-1956), British writer]
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