Etymology reference, cited for the word limerick's first recorded appearance in an 1896 letter by Aubrey Beardsley.
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URLhttps://www.worldwidewords.org/qa-lim1.html
Source Typereference
Sources
Limerick: The Origin of the Funny Verse Form (World Wide Words)
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