crambo
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -æmbəʊ
Noun
crambo (countable and uncountable, plural crambos or cramboes)
- (uncountable) A guessing game in which players guess words that rhyme with a clue word, seeking a word that is kept secret or concealed.
- Joseph Addison
- I saw in one corner […] a cluster of men and women, diverting themselves with a game at crambo. I heard several double rhymes […] which raised a great deal of mirth.
- Joseph Addison
- (countable) A word rhyming with another word.
- Jonathan Swift
- His similes in order set
And every crambo he could get.
- His similes in order set
- Jonathan Swift
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