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Cribbage   Listen
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Cribbage  n.  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."
Cribbage board, a board with holes and pegs, used by cribbage players to score their game.






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"Cribbage" Quotes from Famous Books



... played in the United States, with rules, regulations, technicalities, scoring, counting, etc. Besides all the older games such as Euchre, Sixty-six, Forty-five, Rounce, Pedro, Pinochle, Pitch, California Jack, Poker, Cribbage, Loo, All Fours, Catch the Ten, Casino, Hearts, Whist, etc. there are added ...
— The Harbor Master • Theodore Goodridge Roberts

... would completely upset Henry's System that he's always talking so much about. It's almost certain she couldn't stand it, you know, and then where would Henry be? Suppose, for example, that she forgot to have his senna tea for him at night or didn't care about playing cribbage for three-quarters of an hour after dinner? Now Nancy, apparently, gives perfect satisfaction. She adores little Henry and she manages the house so well that there isn't a single thing to bother big Henry. ...
— Tutors' Lane • Wilmarth Lewis



Words linked to "Cribbage" :   crib, cards, cribbage board



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