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cribber

[krib-er]

crib·ber

[krib-er]
noun
1.
a person who cribs.
2.
a horse that practices cribbing.

Origin:
1695–1705; crib + -er1
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crib (krɪb)
 
n
1.  a child's bed with slatted wooden sides; cot
2.  a cattle stall or pen
3.  a fodder rack or manger
4.  a bin or granary for storing grain, etc
5.  a small crude cottage or room
6.  informal (US) a house or residence
7.  (NZ) a weekend cottage: term is South Island usage only
8.  any small confined space
9.  informal a brothel
10.  a wicker basket
11.  a representation of the manger in which the infant Jesus was laid at birth
12.  informal a theft, esp of another's writing or thoughts
13.  informal chiefly (Brit) Also called (esp US): pony a translation of a foreign text or a list of answers used by students, often illicitly, as an aid in lessons, examinations, etc
14.  short for cribbage
15.  cribbage the discard pile
16.  Also called: cribwork a framework of heavy timbers laid in layers at right angles to one another, used in the construction of foundations, mines, etc
17.  a storage area for floating logs contained by booms
18.  (Austral), (NZ) a packed lunch taken to work
 
vb , cribs, cribbing, cribbed
19.  (tr) to put or enclose in or as if in a crib; furnish with a crib
20.  informal (tr) to steal (another's writings or thoughts)
21.  informal (intr) to copy either from a crib or from someone else during a lesson or examination
22.  (tr) to line (a construction hole) with timber beams, logs, or planks
23.  informal (intr) to grumble
 
[Old English cribb; related to Old Saxon kribbia, Old High German krippa; compare Middle High German krēbe basket]
 
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