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Webster 1913 Edition
Crambo
1.
A game in which one person gives a word, to which another finds a rhyme.
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.
2.
A word rhyming with another word.
His similes in order set
And every
And every
crambo
he could get. Swift.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Crambo
CRAMBO
,Noun.
Definition 2024
crambo
crambo
English
Noun
crambo (plural crambos or cramboes)
- (uncountable) A guessing game in which players guess words that rhyme with a clue word, seeking a word that is kept secret or concealed.
- Joseph Addison
- 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.
- Joseph Addison
- (countable) A word rhyming with another word.
- Jonathan Swift
- His similes in order set
And every crambo he could get.
- His similes in order set
- Jonathan Swift