crambo
a game in which one person or side must find a rhyme to a word or a line of verse given by another.
inferior rhyme.
Origin of crambo
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How to use crambo in a sentence
It was like a game of dumb crambo, as Peter acted a word, and the old lady tried to guess his meaning.
The Harlequin Opal, Vol. 1 (of 3) | Fergus HumeMrs. Campbell began as usual to talk baby language, and play a kind of Dumb crambo at him.
The Limit | Ada LeversonThe few works which treat on the subject have all become as obselete as “hot cockles” and “crambo.”
Mary says in her second letter: We had a tremendous fit of crambo again last night from eight to eleven without stopping.
Miss Eden's Letters | Emily EdenSir Guy nearly died of crambo, and was very near taking a Dictionary with him the next time.
Miss Eden's Letters | Emily Eden
British Dictionary definitions for crambo
/ (ˈkræmbəʊ) /
a word game in which one team says a rhyme or rhyming line for a word or line given by the other team
Origin of crambo
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