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double dactyls

double dactyls is the plural of double dactyl.

Meaning of double dactyl

Noun

double dactyl (plural double dactyls)

  1. A short, usually humorous poem with eight lines in dactylic meter; a higgledy-piggledy.
    • Higgledy-piggledies are more sophisticated than clerihews: they comprise double dactyls and rhymes and aren't always biographical.1980, Gyles Brandreth, The Joy of Lex, page 123

Questions about double dactyls

What is double dactyls the plural of?
Double dactyls is the plural of double dactyl.

Words near double dactyls in the dictionary

  1. double cylinder
  2. double cylinders
  3. double D
  4. double dabble
  5. double dactyl
  6. double dactyls
  7. double dagger
  8. double daggers
  9. double danda
  10. double dandas
  11. double dare

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