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The Limerick

by Gershon Legman · 1952

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"This is the largest collection of limericks ever published, erotic or otherwise. Of the 1700 printed here, none is otherwise."

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humorhumorMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1950s1950sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
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poetrypoetryMore like thisLess of this

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