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Crib   /krɪb/   Listen
Crib

noun
1.
Baby bed with high sides made of slats.  Synonym: cot.
2.
A literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly).  Synonyms: pony, trot.
3.
A bin or granary for storing grains.
4.
The cards discarded by players at cribbage.
5.
A card game (usually for two players) in which each player is dealt six cards and discards one or two.  Synonym: cribbage.
verb
(past & past part. cribbed; pres. part. cribbing)
1.
Use a crib, as in an exam.
2.
Take unauthorized (intellectual material).
3.
Line with beams or planks.



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"Crib" Quotes from Famous Books



... selected. The average height of the dogs was about 16 inches, and the weight was generally about 45 lbs., whilst the body was broad, muscular, and compact, as is shown in Scott's well-known engraving of "Crib and Rosa." ...
— Dogs and All About Them • Robert Leighton
... a stout woman; but, on hearing this strange and audacious declaration, she ran nimbly up the stair, swept me like a whirlwind into the nursery, and crushing me down on the edge of my crib, dared me in an emphatic voice to rise from that place, or utter one syllable during the ...
— Jane Eyre - an Autobiography • Charlotte Bronte
... of the crib of Bethlehem—is an institution of the greatest use to poor women obliged to work for their living. They either find their children an insuperable bar to their labor, or else a source of constant anxiety during their absence. To the creche, ...
— Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. XVII, No. 99, March, 1876 • Various
... the corn-crib—close to the barn; best place in the world to hide 'em till we want 'em. The Sewing Society don't half get ...
— Harper's Young People, October 26, 1880 - An Illustrated Weekly • Various
... and I think its strategy redeemed it to some extent. Now there's some credit, and more sport, in going where they boast they're on their guard against you. The Bank of England, for example, is the ideal crib; but that would need half a dozen of us with years to give to the job; and meanwhile Reuben Rosenthall is high enough game for you and me. We know he's armed. We know how Billy Purvis can fight. It'll be no soft thing, ...
— The Amateur Cracksman • E. W. Hornung


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