cribber

[ krib-er ]

noun

1. a person who cribs.
2. a horse that practices cribbing. cribbing.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cribber¹

First recorded in 1695–1705; crib + -er ¹

Example Sentences

For a plagiarist is no longer considered a true writer, just a cribber peeking over a smarter classmate’s shoulder.

From New York Times

Then all considerations of conscience or sportsmanship are flung aside, and the cribber cribs, not to gain distinction or outstrip his rivals, but to get over a troublesome fence by hook or crook and have done with it.

From Project Gutenberg

But he is a rare bird, the confirmed cribber, with his algebraical formulæ written on his finger-nails, and history notes attached to unreliable elastic arrangements which shoot up his sleeve out of reach at critical moments.

From Project Gutenberg

So much for the casual cribber.

From Project Gutenberg

Eliphaz is a cribber, and a cribber is a hoss that sucks itself full of wind like a balloon.

From Project Gutenberg