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Definition of cribbage noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

cribbage

noun
 
/ˈkrɪbɪdʒ/
 
/ˈkrɪbɪdʒ/
(also crib)
[uncountable]
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  1. a card game in which players score points by collecting different combinations of cards. The score is kept by putting small pegs in holes in a board.Topics Games and toysc2
    Word Originmid 17th cent.: related to crib; according to John Aubrey, the game was invented by the English poet Sir John Suckling; it seems to have been developed from an older game called Noddy.
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