doggrel


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dog·grel

 (dôg′rəl, dŏg′-)
n.
Variant of doggerel.
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Their discourse and manner of reasoning I thought so much above their appearance, and so apropos to the present times, that I soon resolv'd to put them down in a paraphrastic doggrel, and send them to you as a present, either to publish, or suppress, just as your whimmy fancy pleased.