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by alisonkisk 1972 days ago
The rhyme has to be from the last accented syllable (otherwise "tinge of fringe in your minge" are rhymes), so syringe isn't, and door hinge only works if you make it a compound word and make hinge unaccented, which means dropping the h. At that point you're in near rhyme territory.
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> door hinge only works if you make it a compound word and make hinge unaccented

Rhymes are often judged in the context of spoken language, under which conditions, dropping the h and having hinge be unaccented relative to the preceding door wouldn't be unreasonable or uncommon.

The way I speak that particular h would never naturally get dropped unless I'm slurring badly enough that half my words aren't recognizable.

And long before you reach that point orange will degrade to a single syllable, ornj, ruining the door hinge rhyme.