Definition of Crabo
Cram"bo (-b&osl;), n. [Cf.
Cramp, a., difficult.]
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 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's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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