: a short rhyme for children that often tells a story
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In the first, JJ and his friend Tom sing the nursery rhyme while on a camping trip, while in the second one JJ’s friend Nina sings the song at the grocery store.—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 2 May 2025 The Queen, 77, went to see an oversized egg based on a famous nursery rhyme just outside the walls of Buckingham Palace on April 1.—Simon Perry, People.com, 1 Apr. 2025 Many other millennial parents sympathized with the dad not having any nursery rhymes in his repertoire.—Daniella Gray, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025 But our players stay strong, even upon hearing that these dolls all creepily sing a nursery rhyme backward.—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for nursery rhyme
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