Collins Rhyming Dictionary

For she broke my front tooth with her father’s shillelagh

Which wasn’t what I had been led to expect.

NOËL COWARD

8.2 Bayer, Freya, gayer, Heyer, Mayer, kea, layer, payer, player, prayer, sayer, sprayer, stayer, weigher, * obeyer, conveyor, Malaya, assayer, Marbella, mens rea, purveyor, surveyor, delayer, betrayer, * taxpayer, ratepayer, bricklayer, minelayer, soothsayer, * Eritrea, tennis player, record player, Himalaya, * pay her, betray her, etc.

8.3 caber, labour, neighbour, sabre, tabor, Weber, chamber, caper, draper, Draper, gaper, paper, scraper, shaper, taper, tapir, vapour, * belabour, repaper, escaper, * gas chamber, bedchamber, sandpaper, glasspaper, wastepaper, endpaper, flypaper, skyscraper, wallpaper, notepaper, touchpaper, newspaper, * antechamber, * rape her, shape her, etc.

8.4 acre, baker, Baker, breaker, Dacre, faker, fakir, Laker, maker, nacre, Quaker, raker, shaker, staker, taker, waker, agar, Hagar, Jaeger, Vega, * Jamaica, partaker, cloaca, Zuleika, bodega, Ortega, * backbreaker, matchmaker, heartbreaker, caretaker, safe-breaker, haymaker, rainmaker, pacemaker, dressmaker, peacemaker, piss-taker, film-maker, kingmaker, tiebreaker, strikebreaker, icebreaker, wiseacre, clockmaker, lossmaker, watchmaker, jawbreaker, lawbreaker, housebreaker, toymaker, homemaker, boneshaker, muckraker, bookmaker, moonraker, shoemaker, toolmaker, * Chandrasekhar, bellyacher, merrymaker, circuit breaker, mischief-maker, wicket-taker, widow-maker, Wanamaker, boilermaker, undertaker, troublemaker, moneymaker, Studebaker, Noriega, rutabaga, * cabinet-maker, holiday-maker, * take her, wake her, etc.

What is a woman that you forsake her,

And the hearth-fire and the home-acre,

To go with the old grey Widow-maker?

RUDYARD KIPLING

8.5 Ada, Adur, aider, grader, Nader, raider, Seder, trader, Veda, wader, cater, Chater, crater, data, freighter, gaiter, grater, greater, hater, later, mater, Mehta, pater, plater, raita, skater, slater, Slater, straighter, tater, traitor, waiter, taster, waster, * parader, upgrader, persuader, Darth Vader, Grenada, first-aider, evader, invader, Criseyde, crusader, attainder, remainder, collator, narrator, peseta, translator, spectator, testator, Mercator, creator, debater, Decatur, dictator, equator, vibrator, curator, rotator, * tailgater, ice-skater, dumbwaiter, shirtwaister, * masquerader, serenader, travelator, alma mater, gladiator, trafficator, applicator, alligator, navigator, agitator, activator, aspirator, calibrator, animator, valuator, tabulator, calculator, arbitrator, radiator, aviator, excavator, renovator, escalator, separator, decorator, generator, demonstrator, detonator, resonator, elevator, depilator, epilator, ventilator, legislator, respirator, denigrator, estimator, educator, speculator, regulator, percolator, terminator, perpetrator, mediator, innovator, liberator, illustrator, indicator, instigator, liquidator, imitator, infiltrator, imprimatur, incubator, simulator, insulator, biodata, propagator, commentator, operator, moderator, oscillator, nominator, commutator, procurator, alternator, fornicator, orchestrator, formulator, roller-skater, Rotavator®, procreator, cultivator, numerator, lubricator, duplicator, * collaborator, eradicator, prevaricator, deactivator, procrastinator, perambulator, interrogator, accelerator, investigator, impersonator, exterminator, incinerator, refrigerator, initiator, facilitator, defibrillator, invigilator, administrator, originator, articulator, denominator, coordinator, inaugurator, negotiator, resuscitator, adjudicator, communicator, accumulator, * vasodilator, bronchodilator, totalizator, * circumnavigator, * obeyed her, hate her, etc.

8.6 chafer, safer, wafer, Ava, braver, caver, craver, favour, flavour, graver, haver, Laver, paver, quaver, raver, saver, savour, shaver, slaver, waiver, waver, bather, * UEFA, cadaver, disfavour, engraver, * cockchafer, life-saver, sunbather, * semiquaver, clishmaclaver, * demisemiquaver, * hemidemisemiquaver, * gave her, save her, etc.

Fair Atalanta, as a favour,

Took the boar’s head her hero gave her;

JOHN GAY

8.7 bailor, baler, hailer, jailer, Leila, mailer, Mailer, nailer, Naylor, paler, sailor, scalar, scaler, staler, tailor, Taylor, trailer, wailer, whaler, abler, stabler, stapler, Daimler, paviour, saviour, Saviour, dahlia, failure, * Akela, Michaela, inhaler, shillelagh, bewailer, loud-hailer, Kumbh Mela, Chichewa, behaviour, derailleur, * blackmailer, abseiler, retailer, wassailer, boardsailor, wholesaler, * Venezuela, Muzorewa, misbehaviour, * fail her, regale her, etc.

8.8 framer, gamer, Kramer, tamer, Aylmer, Cana, caner, drainer, gainer, Gaynor, plainer, planar, planer, Rayner, scena, stainer, strainer, trainer, vainer, * proclaimer, defamer, reclaimer, disclaimer, container, sustainer, complainer, campaigner, abstainer, arcana, Marlene, maintainer, detainer, retainer, explainer, restrainer, no-brainer, * cordwainer, * lion-tamer, Magdalena, entertainer, * blame her, train her, etc.

8.9 acer, baser, bracer, chaser, facer, lacer, pacer, placer, racer, spacer, tracer, Ailsa, blazer, Fraser, gazer, Glaser, glazer, grazer, laser, maser, praiser, raiser, razor, Taser®, azure, Asia, Brasher, fascia, geisha, nature, gauger, major, Major, pager, stager, wager, changer, danger, Grainger, manger, ranger, stranger, * defacer, embracer, chalaza, appraiser, eraser, erasure, embrasure, Caucasia, Laurasia, Eurasia, acacia, Galatia, Dalmatia, ex gratia, Hypatia, Croatia, rosacea, denature, Alsager, old stager, arranger, endanger, exchanger, hydrangea, * Spätlese, Auslese, stargazer, trailblazer, hell-raiser, fundraiser, teenager, bushranger, * steeplechaser, Australasia, Appalachia, candidature, legislature, sergeant major, Ursa Major, trumpet major, autochanger, moneychanger, * Maria Theresa, * trace her, enrage her, etc.

Poor World (said I) what wilt thou do

To entertain this starry stranger?

Is this the best thou canst bestow?

A cold, and not too cleanly, manger?

RICHARD CRASHAW

8.10 laic, Gaelic, Salic, hayrick, basic, brainsick, trainsick, * Altaic, archaic, Hebraic, voltaic, mosaic, prosaic, Judaic, nucleic, Arcadic, aphasic, dysphasic, * Aramaic, Ptolemaic, algebraic, Pharisaic, formulaic, * ribonucleic, * deoxyribonucleic

The emmet is an ant (archaic),

The ant is just a pest (prosaic).

OGDEN NASH

8.11 radix, spadix, calyx, matrix, basics, * mosaics, testatrix, creatrix, * generatrix, aviatrix, dominatrix

8.12 naked, tailskid, aphid, David, aged, * Camp David

8.13 laboured, capered, papered, aided, braided, faded, jaded, shaded, catered, dated, fated, gated, mated, plated, rated, sated, stated, waited, fainted, painted, sainted, tainted, tasted, waisted, wasted, favoured, flavoured, savoured, sacred, hatred, Hayward, Haywood, wayward, Aylward, wagered, * upbraided, upgraded, persuaded, unaided, unshaded, invaded, degraded, placated, truncated, updated, undated, unstated, frustrated, translated, serrated, X-rated, created, belated, elated, related, deflated, inflated, cremated, striated, outdated, located, unpainted, untainted, acquainted, hand-painted, untasted, high-waisted, ill-favoured, unflavoured, ill-natured, good-natured, * aggravated, castellated, saturated, antiquated, animated, laminated, vaccinated, calculated, variegated, glaciated, satiated, expurgated, mentholated, separated, decorated, dedicated, desiccated, elevated, celebrated, estimated, decimated, educated, regulated, perforated, herniated, dehydrated, elongated, relocated, syncopated, liberated, illustrated, dissipated, mitigated, irritated, titillated, pixilated, integrated, simulated, stimulated, violated, isolated, hyphenated, corrugated, long-awaited, consummated, constipated, complicated, consecrated, populated, overrated, overstated, unabated, suffocated, understated, untranslated, cultivated, unrelated, unacquainted, lubricated, fumigated, mutilated, * unsaturated, exaggerated, substantiated, emancipated, eradicated, elasticated, dilapidated, decapitated, contaminated, unvaccinated, infatuated, emaciated, unexpurgated, premeditated, uneducated, unregulated, unperforated, exhilarated, refrigerated, opinionated, affiliated, humiliated, sophisticated, unmitigated, corroborated, unconsummated, uncomplicated, unconsecrated, self-pollinated, incorporated, adulterated, uncultivated, communicated, illuminated, accumulated, * unsubstantiated, uncontaminated, superannuated, differentiated, unpremeditated, unappreciated, unaffiliated, unsophisticated, uncorroborated, overpopulated, underpopulated, uncoordinated, unadulterated, * polyunsaturated, monounsaturated, undifferentiated, etc.

Limericks

A limerick is a humorous five-line verse with a characteristic rhyming pattern, as shown in these examples:

There was a young lady named Bright,

Whose speed was far faster than light;

She set out one day

In a relative way

And returned on the previous night.

ARTHUR BULLER

An Anglican curate in want

Of a second-hand portable font

Will exchange for the same

A photo (with frame)

Of the Bishop-Elect of Vermont.

RONALD KNOX

It is allegedly so called because the line ‘Will you come up to Limerick?’ (referring to the place of that name in Ireland) was formerly used as a refrain for similar nonsense verses.

8.14 breakage, wastage, weighbridge, Weybridge, Cambridge, Bainbridge, drainage

8.15 Baal, Mayall, Abel, able, Babel, cable, fable, gable, label, Mabel, sable, stable, table, maple, papal, staple, Gaitskell, bagel, Hegel, plagal, Schlegel, cradle, ladle, fatal, natal, ratel, playful, wakeful, fateful, grateful, hateful, tasteful, wasteful, faithful, baleful, shameful, baneful, gainful, painful, graceful, changeful, Flavell, naval, navel, Wavell, April, sacral, wastrel, Bakewell, anal, basal, staysail, mainsail, hazel, Hazel, nasal, phrasal, facial, glacial, racial, spatial, Rachel, angel, * betrayal, defrayal, portrayal, unable, unstable, Clark Gable, relabel, enable, disable, cloacal, inveigle, finagle, prenatal, hiatal, nonfatal, postnatal, ungrateful, distasteful, unfaithful, disdainful, disgraceful, decanal, appraisal, abbatial, palatial, preglacial, biracial, nonracial, postglacial, archangel, * worktable, turntable, timetable, witch hazel, * antenatal, perinatal, neonatal, reappraisal, interracial, multiracial, * maxillofacial

8.16 abled, cabled, fabled, labelled, stapled, cradled, * unlabelled, enabled, disabled, etc.

8.17 gables, labels, tables, Naples, staples, Rachel’s, angels, etc.

8.18 paynim, * verbatim, * restrain him, hate him, etc.