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Child, being fond of toys, cribbed the
necklace.

Dickens.

Crib, v. i. 1.
To crowd together, or to be confined, as in a crib or in
narrow accommodations. [R.]

Who sought to make . . . bishops to crib in
a Presbyterian trundle bed.

Gauden.

2. To make notes for dishonest use in
recitation or examination. [College Cant]

3. To seize the manger or other solid
object with the teeth and draw in wind; -- said of a
horse.

Crib"bage (kr&ibreve;b"?j), n.
[From Crib, v. t., 2.] A game of
cards, played by two or four persons, in which there is a crib.
(See Crib, 11.) It is characterized by a great variety of
chances.

A man's fancy would be summed up in
cribbage.

John Hall.

Cribbage board, a board with holes and
pegs, used by cribbage players to score their game.

{ Crib"ber (kr?b"?r), Crib"-bit`er (-b?t"?r)
}, n. A horse that has the habit of
cribbing.

Crib"bing (kr?b"b?ng), n.


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