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Definition: Crambo
Crambo
\Cram"bo\ (-b[-o]), n. [Cf.
Cramp, a., difficult.]
1. A game in which one person gives a word, to which another
finds a rhyme.
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I saw in one corner . . . a cluster of men and
women, diverting themselves with a game at crambo. I
heard several double rhymes . . . which raised a
great deal of mirth. --Addison.
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2. A word rhyming with another word.
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His similes in order set
And every crambo he could get. --Swift.
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Dumb crambo, a game in which one party of players give a
word which rhymes with another, which last to be guessed
by the opposing party, who represent in dumb show what
they think it to be.
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