Meaning & use
Crambo
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A game in which one player gives a word or line of verse that another player must match with a rhyme; more broadly, rhyming or rhymed verse.
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The children passed a rainy afternoon playing crambo, shouting out rhymes for each new word.
The poet mocked his rival's verse as little more than clumsy crambo.
A note on using this word
Crambo is an old English pastime referenced by writers such as John Milton and Jonathan Swift; it survives today mostly as a historical curiosity.
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rhyming game
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