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crambos

crambos is the plural of crambo.

Meaning of crambo

Noun

crambo (countable and uncountable, plural crambos or cramboes)

  1. (uncountable) A guessing game in which players guess words that rhyme with a clue word, seeking a word that is kept secret or concealed.
    • 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.1711 May 22 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “FRIDAY, May 12, 1711”, in The Spectator, number 63; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New...
  2. (countable) A word rhyming with another word.
    • His similes in order set
      And every crambo he could get.1720, Jonathan Swift, To Stella, on transcribing his Poems

Questions about crambos

What is crambos the plural of?
Crambos is the plural of crambo.

Words near crambos in the dictionary

  1. crambling
  2. crambo
  3. crambo-clink
  4. crambo-jingle
  5. cramboes
  6. crambos
  7. cramdown
  8. cramdowns
  9. crame
  10. Cramer
  11. Cramer's rule

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