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  • Paperback: 544 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin; Reissue edition (5 Aug 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0140511369
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140511369
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 2.4 cm
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The Penguin Rhyming Dictionary is an indispensable reference companion for anyone who writes verse – whether lyric poet, songwriter or composer of limericks or jingles. Clearly arranged and easy to use, it offers an astonishing wide range of suggestions for rhyming words, from the common and everyday to the more difficult and obscure.
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52 of 55 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Helpful And Handy, 25 May 2002
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The Penguin Rhyming Dictionary is a compelling opus, which generally meets all the linguistic needs of today's true versifiers. It is very extensive covering words from common to exceptionally rare yet remaining absolutely pragmatic.

The Penguin Rhyming Dictionary is also very easy to use unlike some rhyming dictionaries such as, for instance, The Complete Rhyming Dictionary, which I found very arduous as the rhymes were to be searched by their phonetic order. In The Penguin Rhyming Dictionary the desired word can be looked up from the back of the book, and it gives you the page number from where all the words that rhyme with this particular word can be found.

Basically, the only thing that stops me from giving 5 stars to this book is that there are a few word sections that are just jumbled up and which do not really rhyme, such as dribble and babble, or something similar to this example.
However, this is only a tiny flaw in a book that has definitely become an incontestable necessity for me. It has earned its recommendations.

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38 of 40 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars 11 rhymes for love, 28 Feb 2001
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The Penguin Rhyming Dictionary by Rosalind Fergusson is easy to use. To find the rhymes for any particular word, first look in the index, which forms roughly the second half of the book. The index will refer you either to a group number (e.g. 15) or a subgroup number (e.g. 15.3) in the first part of the book. And that's it, - rhyme along! The book contains lists of rhymes for well over 40000 words, and even offer explanations of the unusual ones. For instance: I was desperately looking for a rhyme for the word disequilibrium, and yes, here it was: Perionychium, explained as skin surrounding fingernail. I'll find a way to make use of this in a song, sooner or later. But, of course, there are several more relevant words for songwriters: 11 rhymes for love, - even Baal Shem Tov (Jewish religious leader!). I don't regret I also ordered a copy for a friend.
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30 of 36 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars From limericks to lyrics..., 18 Sep 2003
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There was a young man from Salisbury, who once bought a rhyming dictionary,
Whilst sucking on a lozenge, he found a rhyme for orange, and the rest as they say, is history! - from limericks to lyrics an invaluable guide for poets and songwriters, very easy to use with rhymes listed in groups with true rhymes then close rhymes, even gives descriptions for obscure words as well as names & place names, an extremely useful guide for inspiration and finding that illusive rhyme.
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5.0 out of 5 stars just my opinion for what it's worth!
to anyone who's never had the pleasure of using this book to find a rhyming word then you've had a lot of hard work for nothing. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Read the other reviews!
The reviews on here are pretty old, but I've just bought this book and they're still completely relevant. Read more
Published 7 months ago by J. C. Chamberlain

5.0 out of 5 stars A good reference dictionary
The Penguin Rhyming Dictionary is a wonderful companion when attempting to write poetry.
Even the best of us struggle when looking for rhymes. Read more
Published 19 months ago by L. Maud

4.0 out of 5 stars Does the job very well
This helped me very much at school when I had to write my poetry and then my friend at uni used it for his degree!!
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