crambo

[ kram-boh ]

/ ˈkræm boʊ /

noun, plural cram·boes.

a game in which one person or side must find a rhyme to a word or a line of verse given by another.

inferior rhyme.

Origin of crambo

First recorded in 1600–10; earlier crambe <Latin crambē repetīta “cabbage reheated, re-served,” a phrase used in Juvenal's “Seventh Satire” (“Reheated cabbage kills teachers”) in reference to unimaginative writing, from Greek krámbē “cabbage”

Words nearby crambo

Craigie, Craiova, crake, crakow, cram, crambo, cram course, Cramer's rule, cram-full, crammer, cramoisy

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Example sentences from the Web for crambo

Crambo, kram′bo, n. a game in which one gives a word to which another finds a rhyme: rime.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)|Various
Crabbe says, "Crambo is a play, in rhyming, in which he that repeats a word that was said before forfeits something."
Notes and Queries, Number 81, May 17, 1851|Various
Sir Guy nearly died of Crambo, and was very near taking a Dictionary with him the next time.
Miss Eden's Letters|Emily Eden
Mary says in her second letter: We had a tremendous fit of Crambo again last night from eight to eleven without stopping.
Miss Eden's Letters|Emily Eden

Query, What is the meaning of crambo here, and is it to be met with elsewhere with a similar meaning?
Notes and Queries, Number 81, May 17, 1851|Various

British Dictionary definitions for crambo

crambo

/ (ˈkræmbəʊ) /

noun

a word game in which one team says a rhyme or rhyming line for a word or line given by the other team

Word Origin for crambo

C17: from earlier crambe, probably from Latin crambē repetīta cabbage repeated, hence an old story, a rhyming game, from Greek krambē

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单词	crambo
释义	crambo [ kram-boh ] / ˈkræm boʊ / noun, plural cram·boes. a game in which one person or side must find a rhyme to a word or a line of verse given by another. inferior rhyme. Origin of crambo First recorded in 1600–10; earlier crambe <Latin crambē repetīta “cabbage reheated, re-served,” a phrase used in Juvenal's “Seventh Satire” (“Reheated cabbage kills teachers”) in reference to unimaginative writing, from Greek krámbē “cabbage” Words nearby crambo Craigie, Craiova, crake, crakow, cram, crambo, cram course, Cramer's rule, cram-full, crammer, cramoisy Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for crambo Crambo, kram′bo, n. a game in which one gives a word to which another finds a rhyme: rime. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)\|Various Crabbe says, "Crambo is a play, in rhyming, in which he that repeats a word that was said before forfeits something." Notes and Queries, Number 81, May 17, 1851\|Various Sir Guy nearly died of Crambo, and was very near taking a Dictionary with him the next time. Miss Eden's Letters\|Emily Eden Mary says in her second letter: We had a tremendous fit of Crambo again last night from eight to eleven without stopping. Miss Eden's Letters\|Emily Eden Query, What is the meaning of crambo here, and is it to be met with elsewhere with a similar meaning? Notes and Queries, Number 81, May 17, 1851\|Various British Dictionary definitions for crambo crambo / (ˈkræmbəʊ) / noun a word game in which one team says a rhyme or rhyming line for a word or line given by the other team Word Origin for crambo C17: from earlier crambe, probably from Latin crambē repetīta cabbage repeated, hence an old story, a rhyming game, from Greek krambē Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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