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cribbage
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cribbage \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 , 1 ) It is characterized by a great variety of chances. A man's fancy would be summed up in cribbage. --John ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
the card game, 1620s, probably from crib "set of cards thrown from each player's hand," which is of uncertain origin, though this word is later than the game name.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Cribbage , sometimes called cribbage pocket billiards , cribbage pool , fifteen points and pair pool , is a two-player pocket billiards game that, like its namesake card game , has a scoring system which awards points for pairing groups of balls (rather ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context card games English) A point-counting card game for two players, with variants for three or four players; the cribbage board used for scoring to 61 or 121 points in numerous small increments is characteristic.
Usage examples of cribbage.
Later on Red Dog was to cause Mr Cribbage a considerable amount of trouble, but right from the start he also caused some trouble for Red Cat.
If the bulbs blew in the dunnies, Mr Cribbage would sigh with irritation and change them.
If Red Cat raided a bin and overturned it, it was Mrs Cribbage who would sigh with irritation and set it upright.
Mrs Cribbage turned her back and walked away importantly, confident that she, and only she, was queen in this little kingdom.
As mischance would have it, one night Mrs Cribbage needed to go at the same time as Patsy, and she caught her with Red Dog, strolling out of the dunny in the moonlight.
Mr Cribbage straightened his greasy old tie, combed his Hitler moustache and arranged the few strands of his hair across his bald patch.
Mr Cribbage picked up his keys from the table, squared his shoulders, coughed and opened the door.
And 2nd It Cribbage, one of the new ROTC boys, who came in along about then from his new command at Makapuu, insisted on shaking his hand.
But I looked at them, Ross and Culpepper and Cribbage and the rest of them, and I saw what they were - I couldnt do it.
Then Baby had gone downstairs for her cards and cribbage board, and she and Mr.
She picked up the cards and put them back into their box and folded up the cribbage board.
Beaver sat in the kitchen, playing cribbage, which they simply called the game.
There were times when Beaver thought he might actually laugh until he exploded, and Duddits sitting there all the time on the rug beside the big old Parkmunn cribbage board, feet folded under him and grinning like Buddha.
Not a stone or a leaf, not an unfound door, but a cribbage board and a deck of cards.
Which meant that Meg spent a good deal of time playing cribbage and two-handed patience with her while still contriving to do her usual household chores.