A version of 'straw' drawled dans rural
UK – or
some Sunnis, of whom
one is labeled "Uday."
[STRA or SART]
Sister Tee-Anne, my parochial school third-grade teach-... (the ol' bat) – or
some "mice" (see
'S' RAT*)
[SR. T. A. or RATS]
A "s(m)art" reassembly (its order's
reversed!) – or
a heav(enl)y body
(Let's hope she don't burst!)
[TRA'S, i.e., S'ART backwards, or STAR]
Certain tin coins, known to net but small worth – or
some vocables sung 'round
the day of His birth."
[Both TRAS, or, "TRA"s
-- 'tra-la-la's]
A half man/half goat – or
the 19th lab rodent
(See RATS*) in experiments needing a coat.
SAT'R (sat(y)r) or 'S' RAT – i.e., 19th in the series
More than the single aesthetical skill – or
to take into "custodie officielle."
[ARTS or AR'ST (ar(re)st)]
Imperial Russia's ex-ruler (so-called) – or
"Tough Twinkies, Herr Sun God! (You've heard not? He's bald!)
[TSAR or T.S., RA!]
The Student Achievement Test taken for Russe, or
the road from Caracas
to Chile's caboose.
[RSAT or RT. SA (Rt. South
America, i.e., some trans-American highway or
other)]
Aromas and odors, some scents and a smell – or
Art (Fish 'n’ Chips)
Treacher's ol' paterfamil-'.
[AT'RS (at(ta)rs) or A.T., SR. (A.T. Sr.)]
The past participle of "reest" -- viz., "to
balk" (lingua veterinarian) --
or...
Rastafarian.
[RAST or R'STA (r(a)sta)]
Early to rise – or,
according to one or another
criterion, categorize.
[AST'R (ast(i)r) or AS'RT (as(so)rt)]
Electroshock gun, used precipitously – or
Brit sailors (named Jack,
serendipitously).
[TAS'R (tas(e)r) or TARS]
A half man/half goat running 'round...in reverse (cf SAT'R above) – or
the end of this verse!
[R'TAS (i.e., SAT'R (sat(y)r)
spelt backwards]
PlaysWellWithLetters is a blogorrheal notebook of Nonsense in rhyming metres accompanying often-inconsequential sequencial graphics all issuing from the hands and/or minds of Sgt. N. ("Jim") Smithe-Magee, amateur author/illustrator whose several books are available online from Politics & Prose Bookstore under the nom de charade Ulysses Poe.
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