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cribbage board
noun
- a board for keeping score in cribbage, having holes into which pegs are placed to mark the score and progress of the players.
cribbage board
noun
- a board, with pegs and holes, used for scoring at cribbage
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cribbage board1
First recorded in 1775–85
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Example Sentences
Diana sat at her forlorn post in the billiard-room, or by the cribbage-board, or at the piano which Gervase had got for her.
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After breakfast, the cribbage-board was produced, and for three mortal hours the Commodore kept his peg on the steady march.
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You only need carpet slippers and a cribbage-board, Mort, to make the picture complete.
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Taking one of the little ivory pegs, he stuck it in the starting hole at the end of the cribbage-board.
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He became quite red in the face at this allusion to the cribbage board, et cetera, and at first seemed unable to speak.
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