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limerick

/ˈlɪm.ər.ɪk/

noun

A funny, five-line poem that follows a specific rhyming pattern, with the first, second, and fifth lines rhyming with each other and the third and fourth lines rhyming together.

“Our teacher asked us to write a limerick about our favorite animal, and mine was about a sneezing cat.”

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