cribbage board
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of cribbage board
First recorded in 1775–85
Example Sentences
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One item really brings this community to life: a tiny carved peg that may have been used as a marker for scoring in a game, perhaps something like we use in a cribbage board.
From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2024
As for Tomlin, Francona said he hoped that he was better on the mound than on the cribbage board.
From New York Times ● Oct. 9, 2016
No giver who takes the poll to heart will send any serviceman a cribbage board unless he specifically requests it, nor burden an infantryman with a portable phonograph.
From Time Magazine Archive
Paul copies out the studio script on a typewriter while Allman punches out his own script on a Braille slate, a gadget that resembles a cribbage board.
From Time Magazine Archive
"I like the boy," he said to Grace, later, over the cribbage board in the morning room.
From A Poor Wise Man by Rinehart, Mary Roberts
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