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(-b), 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. スポンサード リンク
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