crambo

noun

1. A guessing game in which players guess words that rhyme with a clue word, seeking a word that is kept secret or concealed.

   uncountable

   I saw in one corner […] a cluster of men and women, diverting themselves with a game at crambo. I heard several double rhymes […] which raised a great deal of mirth.

2. A word rhyming with another word.

   countable

   And every crambo he could get.

   His similes in order set

Where it comes from

* Perhaps related to cramp (“difficult”) (adjective). * Perhaps from Latin crambe repetita (“cabbage served up again”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry crambo (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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