Definition of nursery rhyme
: a short rhyme for children that often tells a story
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That reality became jarringly clear Wednesday, when one parent toured her 5-year-old daughter’s future kindergarten in suburban Boston and noticed a disturbing nursery rhyme taped to the chalkboard.
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The parent, Georgy Cohen, was disturbed by the nursery rhyme and posted a photo of it on Twitter: The tweet went viral, striking a chord with thousands of parents across the country, whose own kids know these lockdown drills all too well.
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The 62-year-old Houghton resident grew up witnessing Finnish Lutheran Sunday services in her house, and remembers her grandmother singing Finnish nursery rhymes to the grandkids.
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At first glance, Gray and Dominguez are an odd pairing: Dominguez is short and round, Gray tall and lean, like a couple out of a nursery rhyme.
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None of those platforms are as popular for kids as YouTube, which has toddler-themed channels with names like ChuChuTV nursery rhymes, which as of last week counted more than 16 million subscribers and 13.4 billion views.
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None of those platforms are as popular for kids as YouTube, which has toddler-themed channels with names like ChuChuTV nursery rhymes, which as of last week counted more than 16 million subscribers and 13.4 billion views.
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None of those services are as popular for kids as YouTube, which has toddler-themed channels with names like ChuChuTV nursery rhymes, which as of last week counted more than 16 million subscribers and 13.4 billion views.
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None of those platforms are as popular for kids as YouTube, which has toddler-themed channels with names like ChuChuTV nursery rhymes, which as of last week counted more than 16 million subscribers and 13.4 billion views.
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First Known Use of nursery rhyme
1816
NURSERY RHYME Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of nursery rhyme for English Language Learners
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: a short poem or song for children
NURSERY RHYME Defined for Kids
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Definition of nursery rhyme for Students
: a short rhyme for children that often tells a story
Learn More about nursery rhyme
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See words that rhyme with nursery rhyme Spanish Central: Translation of nursery rhyme Britannica English: Translation of nursery rhyme for Arabic speakers Britannica.com: Encyclopedia article about nursery rhyme
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