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TAKE THE QUIZSynonyms of limericks
as in poems
a humorous rhyming composition of five lines
She recited an old limerick which elicited guffaws from the crowd
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“Limericks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/limericks. Accessed 22 Mar. 2023.
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