crambo
[kram-boh]
Origin of crambo
1600–10; earlier crambe < Latin crambē repetīta phrase used by Juvenal in reference to unimaginative writing, literally, repeated (i.e., re-served) cabbage (< Greek krambē kind of cabbage)
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Historical Examples of crambo
Crambo, kram′bo, n. a game in which one gives a word to which another finds a rhyme: rime.
They talk and laugh together; and many a passion has had its birth in crambo, or the little box of amourettes.
My Neighbor Raymond (Novels of Paul de Kock Volume XI)Charles Paul de Kock
He looked up for a moment, then gave a low whistle, and Crambo again set out on his rounds.
Debit and CreditGustav Freytag
Query, What is the meaning of crambo here, and is it to be met with elsewhere with a similar meaning?
Crabbe says, "Crambo is a play, in rhyming, in which he that repeats a word that was said before forfeits something."
crambo
Word Origin for crambo
C17: from earlier crambe, probably from Latin crambē repetīta cabbage repeated, hence an old story, a rhyming game, from Greek krambē
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