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crambo

Syllabification: (cram·bo)
Pronunciation: /ˈkrambō/

Definition of crambo

noun

  • a game in which a player gives a word or line of verse to which each of the other players must find a rhyme.

Origin:

early 17th century (denoting a particular fashion in drinking): from earlier crambe 'cabbage', used figuratively to denote something distasteful that is repeated, apparently from Latin crambe repetita 'cabbage served up again', applied by Juvenal to any distasteful repetition

crambo in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of crambo in the British & World English dictionary