Nursery rhyme
Nursery rhyme noun - A tale in rhymed verse for children.
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Story and nursery rhyme are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Story" instead a noun phrase "Nursery rhyme".
Story
Story noun - A work with imaginary characters and events that is shorter and usually less complex than a novel.
Nursery rhyme and story are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace phrase "Nursery rhyme" with "Story", this terms are similar.
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- In the style of "Watch with Mother," with nursery rhyme music playing, a woman talks about little Alice and Bob who loved the story of Peter Pan and wanted to be like him.
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Ironic Nursery Rhyme: "Little Bobby Paige", shown in one of the trailers, tells the story of a nine-year-old boy who is bitten by a half-breed while out on the street late at night.
Source: Video Game / The Order: 1886
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