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doggerel
late 14c. (adj.); 1630s (n.), probably from
dog
+ pejorative suffix
-rel
and applied to bad poetry perhaps with a suggestion of puppyish clumsiness, or being fit only for dogs. Attested as a surname from mid-13c., but the sense is not evident.
