/ ˈkrɪbɪdʒ; NAmE / (also crib ) noun
[ U ] a card game in which players score points by collecting different combinations of cards. The score is kept by putting small pegs in holes in a board.
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 17th cent.: related to crib ; according to John Aubrey, the game was invented by the English poet Sir John Suckling; it seems to have been developed from an older game called Noddy.