Rosalind Fergusson - Collins Rhyming Dictionary

Sighs are the natural language of the heart.

THOMAS SHADWELL

3.33arts, Bart’s, carts, charts, clarts, darts, farts, hearts, Herts, karts, parts, smarts, starts, tarts, * ramparts, handcarts, sweethearts, foreparts, mouthparts, Mozart’s, * underparts, etc.

3.34bath, Bath, Ba’th, garth, Garth, hearth, lath, path, * birdbath, eyebath, warpath, towpath, Hogarth, bloodbath, mudbath, footpath, * aftermath

3.35calve, carve, grave, Graves, halve, Slav, starve, suave, varve, * Algarve, Gustave, Zouave, * Yugoslav

3.36calves, halves, scarves, * headscarves, mooncalves

3.37bars, cars, jars, Lars, Mars, parse, SARS, scars, stars, vase, * hussars, bazaars, Shiraz, three Rs, cigars, guitars, * memoirs, Renoir’s, co-stars, Gauloise, * handlebars, grandpapa’s, seminars, vichyssoise, * salade niçoise, etc.

Have you heard it’s in the stars,

Next July we collide with Mars?

COLE PORTER

4.1Barbie®, Darby, Derby, harpy, * kohlrabi, Punjabi, Mugabe, okapi, * Hammurabi, Abu Dhabi

4.2khaki, larky, narky, parky, sake, Saki, sarky, sparky, Starkey, * malarkey, menarche, Iraqi, * hierarchy, squirearchy, autarky, * Nagasaki, Kawasaki, Yamasaki, teriyaki, matriarchy, patriarchy, oligarchy, sukiyaki

4.3cardie, hardy, Hardie, Hardy, lardy, Mahdi, mardy, tardy, Yardie, arty, clarty, hearty, party, Smartie, smarty, crafty, draughty, auntie, nasty, * Bacardi®, Lombardi, Coolgardie, chapati, karate, Frascati, Astarte, coati, * foolhardy, * Maserati, charterparty, arty-farty, digerati, glitterati, literati, Moriarty, Gujarati, arty-crafty, * Laurel and Hardy, illuminati

And he chirped and sang, and skipped about, and laughed with laughter hearty –

He was wonderfully active for so very stout a party.

W. S. GILBERT

4.4ave, Garvey, Harvey, jarvey, larvae, Ravi, * Gaddafi, agave, peccavi, Mojave, McCarthy, * Rikki-Tikki-Tavi

4.5Ali, Bali, barley, Carly, charlie, Charlie, Dali, Farley, gnarly, Harley, Kali, Mali, Marley, parley, Raleigh, snarly, sharply, Barclay, Berkeley, clerkly, darkly, sparkly, starkly, hardly, Yardley, Hartley, partly, smartly, ghastly, lastly, vastly, suavely, calmly, Darnley, parsley, sparsely, Barnsley, harshly, archly, largely, Marie, sari, starry, tarry, raspberry, * tamale, Svengali, Diwali, finale, bizarrely, Somali, safari, Polari, Ferrari, Harare, Vasari, Campari®, Qatari, Cagliari, curare, Scutari, Malawi, Mascagni, * Muhammad Ali, Ras Tafari, Kalahari, calamari, Stradivari, Mata Hari, Carbonari, charivari, etc.

4.6army, balmy, barmy, palmy, smarmy, swami, Arnie, barney, Barney, blarney, Carney, rani, sarnie, Varney, * salami, pastrami, gourami, tsunami, Afghani, Galvani, Armani, Killarney, Giovanni, Omani, McCartney, * origami, Mantovani, maharani, Rafsanjani, frangipani, Pakistani, Mastroianni, biryani, Hindustani, Modigliani, * Azerbaijani, chilli con carne, * debar me, harm me, etc.

4.7brassy, classy, Darcy, Farsi, glassy, grassy, Nazi, chancy, khazi, quasi, Stasi, Swazi, malmsey, marshy, Archie, starchy, bhaji, * Nastase, Benghazi, Givenchy, Karachi, hibachi, * Ashkenazi, Ashkenazy, kamikaze, Esterházy, mariachi, Liberace, Fibonacci, argy-bargy

4.8arbour, barber, Barber, Barbour®, harbour, Saba, carper, Harper, scarper, sharper, gasper, grasper, * macabre, Ann Arbor, Pearl Harbor, rum baba, * Ali Baba, etc.

4.9Barker, darker, Farquhar, marker, markka, parka, Parker, starker, Tarka, asker, masker, Aga®, laager, lager, raga, saga, * Osaka, moussaka, Lusaka, * backmarker, waymarker, * Titicaca, nosy parker, Aga saga, * Hamilcar Barca, * nark her, ask her, etc.

It is no time for mirth and laughter,

The cold, grey dawn of the morning after.

GEORGE ADE

4.10ardour, Bader, cadre, carder, Garda, harder, Lada®, larder, RADA, Pravda, slander, barter, charter, carter, Carter, darter, data, garter, Garter, martyr, sartor, smarter, Sparta, starter, strata, tartar, Tartar, after, dafter, grafter, laughter, rafter, chanter, Granta, grantor, planter, blaster, caster, castor, Castor, faster, master, pastor, plaster, * Haggadah, Granada, lambada, armada, cicada, retarder, Nevada, commander, Jakarta, toccata, sonata, substrata, cassata, passata, cantata, self-starter, Inkatha, Siddhartha, frittata, errata, stigmata, Renata, nonstarter, pro rata, thereafter, whereafter, hereafter, Vedanta, headmaster, disaster, old master, * sought-after, bandmaster, grandmaster, taskmaster, paymaster, webmaster, ringmaster, quizmaster, choirmaster, forecaster, broadcaster, scoutmaster, housemaster, postmaster, toastmaster, newscaster, schoolmaster, * enchilada, Eid-ul-Adha, intifada , promenader, Torquemada, Alexander, Magna Carta, alma mater, Stabat Mater, chipolata, protomartyr, thereinafter, hereinafter, alabaster, harbour master, stationmaster, ghetto blaster, burgomaster, concertmaster, quartermaster, * piña colada, inamorata, La Traviata , desiderata, persona grata, * persona non grata , * taramasalata, Río de la Plata, * medulla oblongata, * guard her, outsmart her, etc.

See-saw, Margery Daw,

Jacky shall have a new master;

Jacky shall have but a penny a day,

Because he can’t work any faster.

NURSERY RHYME

4.11laugher, staffer, carver, Carver, fava, guava, Java, larva, lava, laver, Arthur, Martha, farther, father, lather, rather, * Mustapha, cadaver, palaver, cassava, MacArthur, * grandfather, stepfather, godfather, forefather, * balaclava, Balaklava, Bratislava, Costa Brava, * bath her, starve her, etc.

4.12Carla, gala, Mahler, parlour, snarler, sampler, sparkler, chandler, Chandler, Clara, Lara, Sara, Tara, Zara, Barbara, Sandra, Chartres, Sartre, genre, Farquhar, * cabbala, masala, Kampala, La Scala, Marsala, impala, koala, Uppsala, Sahara, Carrara, Ferrara, Tamara, cascara, mascara, tiara, O’Hara, O’Mara, macabre, Cassandra, Sinatra, Montmartre, Sumatra, Le Havre, Chihuahua, Campagna, * Guatemala, McNamara, capybara, carbonara, Che Guevara, Connemara, candelabra, Alexandra, Okinawa, Kurosawa, * Guadalajara, double entendre, * Emilia-Romagna, etc.

4.13amah, armour, Balmer, Brahma, calmer, charmer, dharma, drama, farmer, Kama, karma, lama, llama, Palmer, Parma, Rama, Schama, bwana, Dana, darner, garner, Garner, Ghana, Lana, Marner, nana, Wagner, gardener, Gardner, Lardner, pardner, partner, * embalmer, Osama, cabana, sultana, banana, mañana , Svetlana, nirvana, Tijuana, Guiana, Guyana, liana, gymkhana, piranha, Tirana, iguana, Fontana, Montana, Botswana, * snake charmer, * Atacama, panorama, Dalai Lama, melodrama, Cinerama®, diorama, cyclorama, psychodrama, docudrama, Yokohama, Tatiana, Mariana, Africana, Afrikaner, marijuana, Santayana, Pax Romana, Mahayana, ikebana, Indiana, Lipizzaner, Weimaraner, Silas Marner, Rosh Hashanah, vox humana, Gloriana, rusticana, Juliana, Ljubljana, * Australiana, Americana, Shakespeareana, Louisiana, Victoriana, Edwardiana, * Vasco da Gama, Fata Morgana , Bophuthatswana, * Carmina Burana, * ipecacuanha, * harm her, disarm her, etc.

There was a young lady of Parma,

Whose conduct grew calmer and calmer.

EDWARD LEAR

4.14Lhasa, passer, sparser, answer, chancer, dancer, lancer, prancer, Gaza, parser, plaza, harsher, Marsha, pasha, Berkshire, archer, Archer, marcher, starcher, rancher, pasture, charger, larger, rajah, slàinte, * Kinshasa, advancer, enhancer, departure, recharger, enlarger, discharger, * maharajah, turbocharger, supercharger, * tabula rasa, * entrance her, charge her, etc.