Dictionary entry

Crambo

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Cram″bo (–bō̍), n. [Cf. Cramp, a., difficult.] 1. A game in which one person gives a word, to which another finds a rhyme.

I saw in one corner... a cluster of men and women, diverting themselves with a game at crambo. I heard several double rhymes... which raised a great deal of mirth.

Addison.

2. A word rhyming with another word.

His similes in order set

And every crambo he could get.

Swift.

Dumb crambo, a game in which one party of players give a word which rhymes with another, which last to be guessed by the opposing party, who represent in dumb show what they think it to be.