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Crambo

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A guessing game in which players guess words that rhyme with a clue word, seeking a word that is kept secret or concealed. uncountable

    "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."

  2. 2
    A word rhyming with another word. countable

    "His similes in order set And every crambo he could get."

Etymology

* Perhaps related to cramp (“difficult”) (adjective). * Perhaps from Latin crambe repetita (“cabbage served up again”).

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