cribbage

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The Professor had taught Malvina cribbage, and usually of an evening they played a hand or two.

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  1. noun A card game for from two to four players in which the score is kept by inserting small pegs into holes arranged in rows on a small board.

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  • Games: Many games were played during off-duty hours: cribbage, acey-ducey (U.S. Navy), chess, checkers, bridge, poker, and the like. —  Blood Brothers
  • "We were playing cribbage, and he got the odd game. —  Fred Fenton on the Track or, The Athletes of Riverport School
  • Captain Barber and his wife were at cribbage, and intent upon the game With the morning sun his spirits rose, and after a hurried breakfast he set off for the station and booked to Bittlesea. —  A Master Of Craft
  • He taught me the game of cribbage, and the old game of gold-rush days--solo One morning Pat came to my cabin and handed me a book. —  I Married a Ranger
  • I don't think I could stay quietly at home and play cribbage, and know that Bridgie and the boys were driving away, and that I might have been with them. —  More about Pixie
 

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/ˈkrɪbədʒ/
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