crambo

/kram-boh/US // ˈkræm boʊ //UK // (ˈkræmbəʊ) //

碎纸机,碎玻璃,碎石,碎纸片

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural cram·boes.
- : a game in which one person or side must find a rhyme to a word or a line of verse given by another.
- : inferior rhyme.

It was like a game of dumb crambo, as Peter acted a word, and the old lady tried to guess his meaning.
Mrs. Campbell began as usual to talk baby language, and play a kind of Dumb Crambo at him.
The few works which treat on the subject have all become as obselete as “hot cockles” and “crambo.”
Mary says in her second letter: We had a tremendous fit of Crambo again last night from eight to eleven without stopping.
Sir Guy nearly died of Crambo, and was very near taking a Dictionary with him the next time.