Meaning of 'preach' in this context?
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'He met a crooked woman and found a crooked preach'
-https://www.quotev.com/story/3012617/There-was-a-Crooked-Man/1
-Here it seems like a noun, but upon checking the dictionary there weren't any noun form of that word , except for an obsolete one which didn't quite go with the context.
-Can someone provide me with an appropriate meaning?
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'He met a crooked woman and found a crooked preach'
-https://www.quotev.com/story/3012617/There-was-a-Crooked-Man/1
-Here it seems like a noun, but upon checking the dictionary there weren't any noun form of that word , except for an obsolete one which didn't quite go with the context.
-Can someone provide me with an appropriate meaning?
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Is there any doubt as to the meaning? This is a poem (or rhyme), and, often such do not conform to dictionaries. Although not "proper" English, ministers will be greeted with "Hey, preach!" from time to time.
– J. Taylor
2 hours ago
NB - these lines are part of a little-known poem adapted from the traditional nursery rhyme. The original rhyme is only four lines, ending in "they all lived together in a little crooked house."
– Chappo
3 mins ago
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'He met a crooked woman and found a crooked preach'
-https://www.quotev.com/story/3012617/There-was-a-Crooked-Man/1
-Here it seems like a noun, but upon checking the dictionary there weren't any noun form of that word , except for an obsolete one which didn't quite go with the context.
-Can someone provide me with an appropriate meaning?
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'He met a crooked woman and found a crooked preach'
-https://www.quotev.com/story/3012617/There-was-a-Crooked-Man/1
-Here it seems like a noun, but upon checking the dictionary there weren't any noun form of that word , except for an obsolete one which didn't quite go with the context.
-Can someone provide me with an appropriate meaning?
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Is there any doubt as to the meaning? This is a poem (or rhyme), and, often such do not conform to dictionaries. Although not "proper" English, ministers will be greeted with "Hey, preach!" from time to time.
– J. Taylor
2 hours ago
NB - these lines are part of a little-known poem adapted from the traditional nursery rhyme. The original rhyme is only four lines, ending in "they all lived together in a little crooked house."
– Chappo
3 mins ago
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Is there any doubt as to the meaning? This is a poem (or rhyme), and, often such do not conform to dictionaries. Although not "proper" English, ministers will be greeted with "Hey, preach!" from time to time.
– J. Taylor
2 hours ago
NB - these lines are part of a little-known poem adapted from the traditional nursery rhyme. The original rhyme is only four lines, ending in "they all lived together in a little crooked house."
– Chappo
3 mins ago
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Is there any doubt as to the meaning? This is a poem (or rhyme), and, often such do not conform to dictionaries. Although not "proper" English, ministers will be greeted with "Hey, preach!" from time to time.
– J. Taylor
2 hours ago
Is there any doubt as to the meaning? This is a poem (or rhyme), and, often such do not conform to dictionaries. Although not "proper" English, ministers will be greeted with "Hey, preach!" from time to time.
– J. Taylor
2 hours ago
NB - these lines are part of a little-known poem adapted from the traditional nursery rhyme. The original rhyme is only four lines, ending in "they all lived together in a little crooked house."
– Chappo
3 mins ago
NB - these lines are part of a little-known poem adapted from the traditional nursery rhyme. The original rhyme is only four lines, ending in "they all lived together in a little crooked house."
– Chappo
3 mins ago
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Preach appears to be short for preacher, as in the person who marries the crooked man to the crooked woman in the next line of the poem.
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Preach appears to be short for preacher, as in the person who marries the crooked man to the crooked woman in the next line of the poem.
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Preach appears to be short for preacher, as in the person who marries the crooked man to the crooked woman in the next line of the poem.
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Preach appears to be short for preacher, as in the person who marries the crooked man to the crooked woman in the next line of the poem.
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Preach appears to be short for preacher, as in the person who marries the crooked man to the crooked woman in the next line of the poem.
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Is there any doubt as to the meaning? This is a poem (or rhyme), and, often such do not conform to dictionaries. Although not "proper" English, ministers will be greeted with "Hey, preach!" from time to time.
– J. Taylor
2 hours ago
NB - these lines are part of a little-known poem adapted from the traditional nursery rhyme. The original rhyme is only four lines, ending in "they all lived together in a little crooked house."
– Chappo
3 mins ago