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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



... to be shown a room which they might appropriate for the night, the brothers were ushered into a crib leading out of the coffee-room, and measuring about eight feet square; while on each side of it was stationed a bed of similar dimensions to a coffin, with appurtenances of relative magnitude. After depositing their valises and ordering a meal, they strolled out ...
— Fern Vale (Volume 1) - or the Queensland Squatter • Colin Munro
... charming," she declared. "I tried to copy Evie, and look exactly as she does when she is doing the agreeable. Didn't you notice the smile? And I didn't stare a bit, though I was longing to all the time. You do live in marble halls, Fuzzy, and no mistake! We could get the whole of our little crib into that one room, and we don't go in for any ornaments or fal-lals. A comfortable bed to sleep in, and lots of books—that's all my old dad and ...
— Tom and Some Other Girls - A Public School Story • Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
... three trails, one running straight on, and the others branching out at angles of forty-five degrees. Between the centre road and that to the left, stood the house, while near the trail on the right was located a large cattle shed and corn-crib. ...
— An Undivided Union • Oliver Optic
... jam crew received the drive as fast as it came down. From one crib to another across the broad extent of the river's mouth, heavy booms were chained end to end effectually to close the exit to Lake Superior. Against these the logs caromed softly in the slackened current, and stopped. The cribs were very ...
— The Blazed Trail • Stewart Edward White
... the child's crib be removed from the nursery to our bedroom; and she went along to see the order executed. She took me with her, of course. We got matters arranged with speed. A cot-bed was put up in my wife's dressing ...
— Innocents abroad • Mark Twain


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