n. [ From the same source as hog; prob. orig., a sheep clipped the first year. See Hog. ] A sheep of the second year.
a. [ OE. dogerel. ] Low in style, and irregular in measure;
This may well be rhyme doggerel, quod he. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A sort of loose or irregular verse; mean or undignified poetry. [ 1913 Webster ]
Doggerel like that of Hudibras. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
The ill-spelt lines of doggerel in which he expressed his reverence for the brave sufferers. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]