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crambo
crambo (ˈkræmbəʊ) [app. a popular variation of crambe: cf. senses 1 b and 4.] 1. a. A game in which one player gives a word or line of verse to which each of the others has to find a rime.1660 Pepys Diary 20 May, From thence to the Hague again playing at Crambo in the waggon. 1711 Addison Spect. No....
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Crambo
One of Crambo's more famous devotees, Robert Burns (1759–1796), wrote: "Amaist as soon as I could spell, / I to the crambo-jingle fell." One crambo poem from Boswell is rhymed around "the Laird of Craigubble", a fellow Crambo player.
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crambe
† crambe Obs. (ˈkræmbiː) Also 7 cramb. [a. L. crambē, a. Gr. κράµβη a kind of cabbage.] 1. Cabbage: only fig., and usually in reference to the Latin phrase crambe repetīta cabbage repeated, renewed, or served up again, applied by Juvenal (vii. 154 Occidit miseros crambe repetita magistros) to any di...
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Doggerel
See also
Accentual verse
Crambo
Knittelvers
Nonsense poetry
Poetaster
References
Genres of poetry
Incompetence
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Trevor Reid
Commissioner
The Gilded Cage (1955) - Inspector Brace
The Hornet's Nest (1955) - Detective Sergeant Filson
The Narrowing Circle (1956) -Inspector 'Dumb' Crambo
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Parmesan
Parmesan, a. and n. (pɑːmɪˈzæn) Forms: 6 parmeson, parmasen, -zen, -sine, -sian, 7 parmezan, parmazan, -zine, parmisan, 7–9 parmasan, 8 -zene, 7– parmesan; also 7 parmesant, (-is-, -iz-), parmasent, (permoysaunt). [a. F. parmesan, It. parmegiano, f. Parma.] A. adj. Of or belonging to Parma, a city a...
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Polonius
It has been suggested that this derives from "crambe" or "crambo", derived from a Latin phrase meaning "reheated cabbage", implying "a boring old man"
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Mille Miglia
‖ Mille Miglia (ˈmille ˈmiʎʎa) [It., lit. ‘a thousand miles’.] The name of a sports-car race run over approx. one thousand miles of roads in Italy from 1927 to 1957; also fig.1933 B. Lyndon Combat: Motor Racing Hist. viii. 133 The entry list suggested that there would be a merciless fight between th...
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Charades
Dumb crambo
Cryptic crossword, for a type of clue based on this game
Pictionary, a game inspired by charades where players draw words or phrases
Concept
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The Narrowing Circle
When the police arrive Inspector Crambo hears Nelson's alibi and holds off making an arrest – for now. However, when Crambo is unable to verify the existence of Christy or other details of Nelson's story, things begin to look bad.
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Please explain how to make mutton chops masala – mutton chops recipe
Caldas poule au pot away inaudible in Orinda tablespoon Eric Eric Malik over a teaspoon male or a teaspoon here ahora teaspoon Sean Bora TSP butter and a crambo
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Bait bazi
It is similar to Antakshari, the Sistanian Baas-o-Beyt, the Malayalam Aksharaslokam and, more generally, the British Crambo.
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Baas-o-Beyt
It is very similar to Bait bazi, Antakshari and Crambo as well.
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John Moreland (entrepreneur)
Moreland's longtime partner, Crambo, a veteran K-9 officer.
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Brown Man of the Muirs
However, they can be made subservient by repeating the incantation, "Munko tiggle snobart tolwol dixy crambo".
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