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Meaning of CRIBBAGE

Pronunciation:  'kribij

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 Definition: [n]  a card game in which each player is dealt 6 cards and discards one or two to make up the crib
 
 Synonyms: crib
 
 See Also: card game, cards

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Crib"bage\ (kr?b"?j), n. [From {Crib}, v. t., 2.]
A game of cards, played by two or four persons, in which
there is a crib. (See {Crib}, 11.) It is characterized by a
great variety of chances.

      A man's fancy would be summed up in cribbage. --John
                                               Hall.

{Cribbage board}, a board with holes and pegs, used by
   cribbage players to score their game.

 

 

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