cribbage, crib
(noun) a card game (usually for two players) in which each player is dealt six cards and discards one or two
Source: WordNet® 3.1
cribbage (countable and uncountable, plural cribbages)
(card games) A point-counting card game for two players, with variants for three or four players; the cribbage board used for scoring to 61 or 121 points in numerous small increments is characteristic.
A variety of pocket billiards that, like the card game, awards points for pairs that total 15. A player who pockets a ball of a particular number must then immediately pocket the companion ball that brings the number to 15.
A point scored in this variety of pocket billiards.
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Source: Wiktionary
Crib"bage (krb"j), n. Etym: [From Crib, v. t., 2.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 April 2025
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