limerick

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Synonyms: limbrick, limericks, limpdick, dimeric, luderick, emerick, laverick

Antonyms: limbrick, limericks, limpdick, dimeric, luderick, emerick, laverick

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Noun

1. A [[humorous]], often [[bawdy]] [[verse]] of five [[anapestic|anapaestic]] lines, with the [[rhyme]] [[scheme]] ''aabba'', and typically having an 8–8–5–5–8 [[cadence]].

Proper noun

1. {{place|en|county|c/Ireland}}.
2. {{place|en|city|co/Limerick}}.
3. {{place|en|place|c/USA}}:
4. {{place|en|locality|in the|carea/Upper Lachlan|south eastern|s/New South Wales|c/Australia}}.
5. {{surname|en|[[habitational]]|from=Irish}}.

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