Collins Rhyming Dictionary. Rosalind Fergusson

Brett’s, debts, let’s, Metz, pets, sweats, threats, * cadets, Annette’s, Donets, cassettes, courgettes, brunettes, * salopettes, pantalettes, castanets, clarinets, majorettes, serviettes, cigarettes, suffragettes, etc.

      9.53 breadth, * handbreadth

      9.54 Beth, breath, death, saith, Seth, * Macbeth, * shibboleth

      9.55 Beth’s, deaths, meths, Seth’s, etc.

      9.56 Bev, rev, * maglev, Brezhnev, Kiev, * Nureyev, * Diaghilev, Prokofiev

      9.57 fez, Kez, Les, says, * des res, Montez, Cortez, oyez, * Baez, Lopez, Gomez, * Fernandez, Rodriguez

      10.1 Debbie, plebby, webby, Selby, Denbigh, Denby, Tenby, peppy, preppy, Sheppey, kelpie, tempi, * Giuseppe, Gillespie, Entebbe, * cobwebby, * Tio Pepe®

      10.2 Becky, brekky, leccy, recce, techie, Nevski, pesky, eggy, leggy, Peggy, dengue, * kromesky, Radetzky, * Paderewski, Dostoevsky

      10.3 eddy, Eddy, Freddy, heady, Neddy, ready, steady, teddy, Teddy, thready, bendy, trendy, Wendy, Bette, Betty, Getty, Hettie, jetty, petty, sweaty, yeti, empty, hefty, lefty, sheltie, Welty, plenty, twenty, chesty, testy, * unsteady, unready, already, Allende, effendi, crescendi, spaghetti, confetti, machete, Andretti, Rossetti, aplenty, * rough-and-ready, oven-ready, amoretti, Serengeti, Olivetti, Donizetti, cognoscenti, * modus vivendi, Deo volente, festina lente

      10.4 Effie, Delphi, bevvy, bevy, Chevy, heavy, levee, levy, envy, breathy, healthy, stealthy, wealthy, lengthy, * Adelphi, top-heavy, unhealthy, * Abernethy

       Drove my Chevy to the levee

       But the levee was dry.

      DON MCLEAN

      10.5 belly, Delhi, deli, Ellie, jelly, Kelly, Melly, Nellie, nelly, Shelley, shelly, smelly, telly, welly, pebbly, trebly, Wembley, freckly, deadly, Hedley, medley, Smedley, friendly, Tetley, wetly, deftly, Bentley, gently, deathly, cleanly, Henley, Bexley, densely, tensely, Lesley, Leslie, Presley, Wesley, fleshly, freshly, Bletchley, Sketchley, beret, berry, Berry, bury, Bury, cherry, Ceri, Derry, ferry, Gerry, jerry, Jerry, Kerry, merry, perry, Perry, sherry, terry, Terry, very, wherry, debris, Hendry, entry, gentry, sentry, vestry, Elstree, Geoffrey, belfry, every, Henry, Dewi, * Grappelli, Clovelly, Corelli, Minnelli, Pwllheli, assembly, grotesquely, unfriendly, correctly, directly, intently, Llanelli, expressly, immensely, intensely, equerry, re-entry, * Leadbelly, potbelly, car ferry, Queensferry, knobkerrie, Horseferry, ancestry, * tagliatelle, Schiaparelli, Gabrieli, self-assembly, Zeffirelli, yellow-belly, vermicelli, incorrectly, indirectly, Botticelli, Torricelli, underbelly, user-friendly, elderberry, beriberi, necessary, whortleberry, serviceberry, Roddenberry, Pondicherry, boysenberry, loganberry, huckleberry, Huckleberry, Londonderry, * unnecessary, * Machiavelli, etc.

       As o’er my latest book I pored,

       Enjoying it immensely,

       I suddenly exclaimed ‘Good Lord!’

       And gripped the volume tensely.

      P. G. WODEHOUSE

      10.6 Clemmie, Emmy, jemmy, lemme, phlegmy, semi, Esme, any, Benny, blenny, Denny, Glennie, Jenny, Kenny, Lenny, many, penne, penny, Penny, Rennie, Stepney, Chesney, * antennae, Kilkenny, * spinning jenny, two-a-penny, * Abergavenny, * condemn me, etc.

      10.7 Bessie, Crécy, dressy, Jesse, Jessie, messy, Nessie, Plessey, Pepsi®, Dempsey, sexy, Betsy, tsetse, Chelsea, Elsie, Selsey, pressie, frenzy, fleshy, sketchy, stretchy, tetchy, squelchy, Frenchy, edgy, veggie, * in esse, Mackenzie, * catalepsy, narcolepsy, epilepsy, apoplexy, cataplexy, Montmorency, Bangladeshi, Comaneci

      10.8 Webber, Elba, Elbe, Melba, ember, member, leper, pepper, stepper, helper, yelper, temper, Vespa®, vesper, * Lloyd Webber, September, remember, dismember, December, November, distemper, * sidestepper, Culpeper, * misremember, * help her, etc.

       Thirty days hath September,

       April, June, and November.

      TRADITIONAL RHYME

      10.9 Becker, checker, Decca, decker, Dekker, Mecca, pecker, Secker, trekker, wrecker, Wesker, beggar, Gregor, mega, Edgar, Helga, * Quebecker, Rebecca, exchequer, Francesca, McGregor, * Baedeker, spellchecker, oxpecker, Voortrekker, woodpecker, Heidegger, bootlegger, * double-decker, * peck her, beg her, etc.

      10.10 bedder, Cheddar, Edda, header, Jedda, redder, shedder, shredder, spreader, tedder, threader, treader, elder, welder, Zelda, bender, blender, Brenda, fender, gender, Glenda, lender, mender, render, sender, slender, spender, Spender, splendour, tender, vendor, better, debtor, ETA, feta, fetter, getter, Greta, letter, setter, sweater, wetter, sceptre, tempter, hector, Hector, nectar, rector, sector, Spector, spectre, vector, EFTA, belter, delta, melter, Shelta, shelter, smelter, swelter, welter, centre, enter, renter, tenter, venter, Chester, cresta, ester, Esther, fester, Hester, jester, Leicester, Lester, Nesta, nester, pester, tester, Vesta, wester, zester, Webster, Dempster, Dexter, texter, Leominster, Leinster, * Griselda, suspender, addenda, attender, contender, offender, surrender, ascender, agenda, transgender, weekender, East Ender, pretender, extender, defender, descender, engender, pudenda, Bethesda, abetter, unfetter, Valletta, Loretta, Gambetta, Lambretta®, pancetta, vendetta, begetter, biretta, Rosetta, bruschetta, acceptor, preceptor, receptor, prospector, protector, Protector, convector, collector, connector, projector, objector, respecter, inspector, detector, defector, elector, selector, reflector, erector, ejector, rejector, director, bisector, dissector, lamenter, assentor, placenta, magenta, re-enter, preventer, inventor, frequenter, precentor, presenter, tormentor, Rowenta, polenta, protester, Avesta, molester, arrester, fiesta, siesta, Sylvester, investor, celesta, sequester, semester, trimester, digester, nor’wester, northwester, sou’wester, southwester, * homesteader, bartender, pacesetter, Leadbetter, trendsetter, typesetter, go-getter, bonesetter, newsletter, daycentre, Jobcentre, ancestor, * van de Velde, parascender, hacienda, referenda, recommender, corrigenda, moneylender, carburettor, Henrietta, operetta, interceptor, helter-skelter, epicentre, empty-nester, Cirencester, polyester, * sinfonietta, impedimenta, experimenter, * send her, let her, etc.

      10.11 deafer, heifer, zephyr, clever, ever, never, sever, Trevor, delver, elver, selva, shelver, Denver, Jephthah, blether, feather, heather, Heather, leather, nether, tether, weather, wether, whether, * forever, wherever, whenever, endeavour, whichever, whatever, however, whoever, whomever, together, * Fairweather, bellwether, shoe leather, * wheresoever, never-never, whensoever, Micheldever, whatsoever, howsoever, whosoever, whomsoever, hell for leather, altogether

       The glass is falling hour by hour, the glass will fall for ever,

       But if you break the bloody glass you won’t hold up the weather.

      LOUIS MACNEICE

      10.12 Bella, cellar, Della, dweller, Ella, fella, fellah, feller, Heller, Keller, Mellor, Pella, seller, smeller, speller, Stella, stellar, teller, Weller, Puebla, trembler, Kepler, Templar, heckler, Spengler, meddler, medlar, peddler, pedlar, fettler, settler, gentler, wrestler, error, Ferrar, terror, Deborah, zebra, Petra, plectra, spectra, extra, Defra, Sèvres, Ezra, Quechua, Kenya, Lenya, tenure, * propeller, McKellar, patella, novella, umbrella, lamella, candela, Mandela, Marcella, bestseller, reseller, repeller, impeller, dispeller, expeller, Estella, Fenella, Kinsella, paella, Viyella®, Nigella, foreteller, Floella, Louella, rubella, Prunella, assembler, exemplar, embezzler, belles-lettres, et cetera, Electra, * tale-teller, cave-dweller, bierkeller, saltcellar, bookseller, knee-trembler, * Arabella, Annabella, a cappella, panatella, tarantella, salmonella, varicella, cerebellar, legionella, Isabella, interstellar, Cinderella, villanella, citronella, Rockefeller, mozzarella, storyteller, fin de siècle, cause célèbre, raison d’être, Clytemnestra, * Valpolicella, * sell her, tell her, etc.

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