lim·er·ick /ˈlɪmərɪk, ˈlɪmrɪk/
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Lim·er·ick n. A humorous, often nonsensical, and sometimes risqé poem of five anapestic lines, of which lines 1, 2, and 5 are of three feet, and rhyme, and lines 3 and 4 are of two feet, and rhyme.
Note: It often begins with "There once was a . . ." or "There was a . . ."; as --
There was a young lady, Amanda,
Whose Ballades Lyriques were quite fin de
Siècle, I deem
But her Journal Intime
Was what sent her papa to Uganda.
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Limerick
n 1: port city in southwestern Ireland
2: a humorous verse form of 5 anapestic lines with a rhyme
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