cribbage
noun/ˈkrɪbɪdʒ/
/ˈkrɪbɪdʒ/
(also crib)
[uncountable]- 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 toysc2Word 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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