单词 | water-rhymer |
释义 | > as lemmaswater-rhymer water-rhymer n. rare = water poet n. (a). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > [noun] > writer of doggerel water poet1612 water-rhymera1637 doggerelist1725 doggereler1822 doggerelizer1827 a1637 B. Jonson Timber 617 in Wks. (1640) III Nay, if it were put to the question of the Water-rimers workes, against Spencers; I doubt not, but they would find more Suffrages. 1867 Sporting Rev. Dec. 426 His [sc. Taylor's] tirade against coaches..would have been a joke to what it now would be..and probably the poor water-rhymer would have drowned himself in his own element. 1922 Texas Rev. Oct. 32 John Taylor, water rimer, sculler, versifier to the Virgin Queen, ‘hydro-poet’..is quite the neatest example of the popular writer that we could desire. < as lemmas |
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