cramboes

cramboes
n. game in which rhyme must be found for given word

English contemporary dictionary. 2014.

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  • crambo — /kram boh/, n., pl. cramboes. 1. a game in which one person or side must find a rhyme to a word or a line of verse given by another. 2. inferior rhyme. [1600 10; earlier crambe < L crambe repetita phrase used by Juvenal in reference to… …   Universalium

  • crambo — noun (plural cramboes) Etymology: alteration of earlier crambe, from Latin, cabbage, from Greek krambē Date: 1660 a game in which one player gives a word or line of verse to be matched in rhyme by other players …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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