doggerel
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Hard at work on the lyrics for the show was Doge of Doggerel Ogden Nash.
From Time Magazine Archive
Doggerel out of which no clear story, such story as there is, can be had; though, except the exaggeration and contortion, there is nothing of fiction in it.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 11 by Carlyle, Thomas
"A man born for surprises," said Friedrich long since, in the Strasburg Doggerel.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 14 by Carlyle, Thomas
Enough, Friedrich got to Wesel, back to his business, in a day or two; and had done, as we forever have, with the Strasburg Escapade and its Doggerel.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 11 by Carlyle, Thomas
I think where the low Character is to be raised, the Heroick is the proper Measure; but when an Hero is to be pulled down and degraded, it is done best in Doggerel.
From The Spectator, Volume 2. by Addison, Joseph
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