crib
noun
a child's bed with enclosed sides.
Example Sentences
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Critic W. David Marx, looking to sum up the curiously stagnant opening decades of the 21st century, cribbed a phrase from one of its enduring icons for the title of his book “Blank Space.”
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026
He cribbed the expression from Indian guru Meher Baba, but it could easily have been about momos in bull markets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2025
She was 17 when they wed, beginning a royal partnership that seemed cribbed from a fairytale and would span almost seven decades.
From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2025
With his chart-topping 2020 debut “Easy Money Baby” and 2021 follow-up “Lyke Myke,” Towers set himself apart with a streetwise Spanish flow, cribbed directly from New York rappers like the Notorious B.I.G. and 50 Cent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2023
It would perhaps be unfair to say that the Romans cribbed their calendar from “decadent” Egypt, but not unfair by much.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
