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Standard Habbie

Standard Habbie noun: a Scottish verse form with six-line stanzas rhyming AAABAB, with tetrameter A lines and dimeter B lines.

Noun

Standard Habbie (usually uncountable, plural Standard Habbies)

  1. (usually) A Scottish verse form with six-line stanzas rhyming AAABAB, with tetrameter A lines and dimeter B lines.
    Synonyms:
    Burns stanza

Synonyms of Standard Habbie

Forms of Standard Habbie

pluralStandard Habbies

Origin of Standard Habbie

After the poet Habbie Simpson (1550-1620).

Questions about Standard Habbie

What does Standard Habbie mean?
Standard Habbie means a Scottish verse form with six-line stanzas rhyming AAABAB, with tetrameter A lines and dimeter B lines.
What part of speech is Standard Habbie?
Standard Habbie is a noun.
What is the plural of Standard Habbie?
The plural of Standard Habbie is Standard Habbies.

Words near Standard Habbie in the dictionary

  1. standard forms
  2. standard gauge
  3. Standard German
  4. standard gravities
  5. standard gravity
  6. Standard Habbie
  7. Standard Habbies
  8. standard hydrogen electrode
  9. standard hydrogen electrodes
  10. standard issue
  11. standard lamp

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