I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
nursery rhyme
rhyming slang
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
nursery
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Nursery rhymes A good nursery rhyme idea is Humpty Dumpty.
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They listen to stories, memorize nursery rhymes , look at picture books and gain other experiences that prepare them to read.
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More than 40 children aged between three and five turned up as their favourite nursery rhyme or story book characters.
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Among the lessons: Know your colors, shapes and nursery rhymes .
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He was, incidentally, the only applicant who hadn't named the drink St Clements, from the nursery rhyme .
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Quaint nursery rhymes defiled by crashing noise nightmares?
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This is a good idea for a nursery rhyme party where the eggs can represent Humpty Dumpty.
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The first team chooses a nursery rhyme and they all sing it together.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
nonsense poems/verse/rhymes
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Which artist was famous for his nonsense rhymes? 09.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Anyway, in each ditty the name of the country was used to finish a rhyme .
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Encouraging literature, he organized poetry contests in which candidates improvised rhymes in response to his own verses.
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He was, incidentally, the only applicant who hadn't named the drink St Clements, from the nursery rhyme .
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Ich liebe dich: a late-night, cigarette-voiced whisper, with that happy rhyme of subject and object.
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The poem has three sections corresponding to the changes of rhyme , but with a peculiarity in the middle section.
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There seemed to be no rhyme or reason to the colors.
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They listen to stories, memorize nursery rhymes, look at picture books and gain other experiences that prepare them to read.
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Thus ran the old rhyme , extolling the produce of the Bunnhouse, situated between Union and Westbourne Streets.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Anne: In cockney rhyming slang what is tomfoolery?
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Consistently, Owen rhymes the last two words in the fifth and seventh lines of each stanza, which is very effective.
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These lines are short and do not rhyme .
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Veteran readers of Ireland's Saturday Night can still rhyme off the contributors who used to grace its pages.