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Absurdity in Lear's verse? (8)

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nonsense

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(Other definitions for nonsense that I've seen before include "Rubbish, rot" , "Rubbish, foolish talk" , "Having no intelligible meaning" , "Bilge, drivel" , "Codswallop, hooey" .)

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