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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 363 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CRAMBO , an old rhyming See also:

game which, according to See also:Strutt (See also:Sports and Pastimes), was played as See also:early as the 14th See also:century under the name of the See also:ABC of See also:Aristotle. In the days of the Stuarts it was very popular, and is frequently mentioned in the writings of the See also:time. Thus See also:Congreve's Love for Love, i. 1, contains the passage, " Get the Maids to Crambo in an Evening, and learn the knack of Rhiming." Crambo, or capping the See also:rhyme, is now played by one player thinking of a word and telling the others what it rhymes with, the others not naming the actual word they guess but its meaning. Thus one says " I know a word that rhymes with See also:bird." A second asks "Is it ridiculous?" "No, it is not absurd." "Is it a See also:part of speech ? " " No, it is not a word." This proceeds until the right word is guessed. In Dumb Crambo the guessers, instead of naming the word, See also:express its meaning by dumb show, a rhyme being given them as a See also:clue.

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