crambo

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

A diversion in which one gives a word, to which another finds a rhyme. If the same word is repeated, a forfeit is demanded. It was also a term in drinking, as appears from Dekker.--Halliwell's Arch and Prov. Dictionary.


This amusement is practised in New York, where it is also called, "What is my thought like?"

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