Lullaby
Lullaby noun - A quiet song intended to lull a child to sleep.
Nursery rhyme and lullaby are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Nursery rhyme" instead a noun "Lullaby".
Nursery rhyme
Nursery rhyme noun - A tale in rhymed verse for children.
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Synonyms for Nursery rhyme
Lullaby and nursery rhyme are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Lullaby" instead a noun phrase "Nursery rhyme".
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- Taken to a fairly literal extent in Chuck Palahniuk's book Lullaby, which is about a nursery rhyme (a "culling song") that kills those who hear it.
Source: Ironic Nursery Tune - Nursery Rhyme: In a lullaby sung by their mother, and then by Lillian.
Source: Webcomic / Wooden Rose -
Ironic Nursery Rhyme: "On The Nickel" , a pseudo lullaby about little boys who don't do what they should and grow up to be skid row homeless.
Source: Music / Heartattack And Vine
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