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How to pronounce “limerick”
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Pronunciation guide for limerick
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of limerick with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- The Fairy Godmother of Music
But nighttime mayor of Dublin, Cork, Limerick,
- Definition summary
- A humorous, often bawdy verse of five anapaestic lines, with the rhyme scheme aabba, and typically having an 8–8–5–5–8 cadence.
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How to pronounce limerick
The Fairy Godmother of Music
But nighttime mayor of Dublin, Cork, Limerick,
Example Sentences
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Meaning
- [Noun]
- A humorous, often bawdy verse of five anapaestic lines, with the rhyme scheme aabba, and typically having an 8–8–5–5–8 cadence.
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