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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A short, rhymed poem or tale for children.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A short poem or song for children, mostly anonymous or handed down by folklore

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a tale in rhymed verse for children

Examples

  • “Mr. Campion crossed the bridge over the wide, lazy Rhone, reflecting idiotically that the new bridge was better than the old Pont d’Avignon of the nursery rhyme because there was enough of it to reach to the other side.”

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  1. story
  1. narration
  1. tale
  1. narrative

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  1. patty-cake
  1. Humpty Dumpty

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