common-measure
common measure
noun
1.
Origin:
1710–20
1710–20
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| common measure | |
| —n | |
| 1. | another term for common time |
| 2. | the usual stanza form of a ballad, consisting of four iambic lines rhyming a b c b or a b a b |
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Common-measure
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
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