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limerick
noun(lim-er-ick)
a light or humorous verse form of five chiefly anapestic verses of which lines 1, 2, and 5 are of three feet and lines 3 and 4 are of two feet with a rhyme scheme of aabba
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geographical name(lim-er-ick)
county of southwestern Ireland in Munster area 1037 square miles (2696 square kilometers), population 191,809
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geographical name(lim-er-ick)
city and port on the Shannon River in southwestern Ireland population 57,106

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