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Definition of Clerihew
1. Noun. A witty satiric verse containing two rhymed couplets and mentioning a famous person. "`The president is George W. Bush, Who is happy to sit on his tush, While sending his armies to fight, For anything he thinks is right' is a clerihew"
Definition of Clerihew
1. Noun. A rhyme of four lines, usually regarding a person mentioned in the first line. ¹
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Definition of Clerihew
1. a humorous poem [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clerihew
Literary usage of Clerihew
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Cases Heard and Determined by the Judicial Committee and the by Edmund F. Moore (1872)
"1871 The Defendant, clerihew, by his answer, denied that he had received any part of
... (3) That the Defendant, clerihew, and his Proctor were aware at the ..."
2. The Law Reports. Privy Council Appeals: Cases Heard and Determined by the by Herbert Cowell, Edmund F. Moore, Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords (1871)
"The Defendant, clerihew, by his answer, denied that he had received any part of the
... (3) That the Defendant clerihew and his Proctor were aware at the ..."
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