clerihew
noun/ˈklerɪhjuː/
/ˈklerɪhjuː/
- a short humorous poem, usually consisting of two pairs of rhyming lines, and referring to a famous personWord Origin1920s: named after Edmund Clerihew Bentley, the English journalist and novelist who invented it.
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