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crib⋅bage

[krib-ij]
–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.

Origin:
1620–30; crib + -age
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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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