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Cribbage

Cribbage Meaning & Definition
Cribbage Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cribbage?

[n] a card game in which each player is dealt 6 cards and discards one or two to make up the crib

Synonyms | Synonyms for Cribbage: crib

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See Also | card game | cards

Cribbage In Webster's Dictionary

\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}, 11.) It is characterized by a great variety of chances. A man's fancy would be summed up in cribbage. --John Hall. {Cribbage board}, a board with holes and pegs, used by cribbage players to score their game.

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