as in sonnet
a humorous rhyming composition of five lines
She recited an old limerick which elicited guffaws from the crowd
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In May 1990, third-grader Taylor Burns sent him a handwritten limerick about a mouse found in a stew.
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Emma Balter, Chron, 4 Oct. 2022
Lines 1, 2 and 5 of a limerick rhyme with one another, as do Lines 3 and 4.
—Pat Myers, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2022
Chris Doyle’s limerick about police SWAT teams, used as an example for Week 1396, is a case in point.
—Pat Myers, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2022
The limerick packs laughs anatomical Into space that is quite economical.
—Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Dec. 2021
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Emma Balter, Chron, 4 Oct. 2022
Lines 1, 2 and 5 of a limerick rhyme with one another, as do Lines 3 and 4.
—Pat Myers, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2022
Chris Doyle’s limerick about police SWAT teams, used as an example for Week 1396, is a case in point.
—Pat Myers, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2022
The limerick packs laughs anatomical Into space that is quite economical.
—Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Dec. 2021
See all Example Sentences for limerick
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