crambo

crambo
/kram"boh/, n., pl. cramboes.
1. a game in which one person or side must find a rhyme to a word or a line of verse given by another.
2. inferior rhyme.
[1600-10; earlier crambe < L crambe repetita phrase used by Juvenal in reference to unimaginative writing, lit., repeated (i.e., re-served) cabbage ( < Gk krambe kind of cabbage)]

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plural  cramboes , also called  capping the rhyme  

      a game in which one player gave a word or line of verse to be matched in rhyme by other players. Thus, one said, “I know a word that rhymes with bird.” A second asked, “Is it ridiculous?” “No, it is not absurd.” “Is it a part of speech?” “No, it is not a word.” This proceeded until the right word was guessed. Under the name of the ABC of Aristotle, crambo reportedly was played in England as early as the 14th century. It is frequently mentioned in the literature of the 17th and 18th centuries.

      In “dumb crambo” the guessers, instead of naming the word, expressed its meaning in pantomime, a rhyme being given them as a clue.

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