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crib⋅bage
[krib-ij] 
ɪdʒ
–noun
| a card game for two or sometimes three or four players, a characteristic feature of which is the crib, and in which the object is to make counting combinations for points that are scored on a cribbage board. |
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| crib·bage (krĭb'ĭj) n. A card game for from two to four players in which the score is kept by inserting small pegs into holes arranged in rows on a small board. [From crib.] |
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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, 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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cribbage
the card game, 1630, probably from crib "set of cards thrown from each player's hand," of uncertain origin, though this word is later than the game name.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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