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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Crambo \Cram"bo\ (-b[-o]), n. [Cf. {Cramp}, a., difficult.]
     1. A game in which one person gives a word, to which another
        finds a rhyme.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              I saw in one corner . . . a cluster of men and


              women, diverting themselves with a game at crambo. I
              heard several double rhymes . . . which raised a
              great deal of mirth.                  --Addison.
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     2. A word rhyming with another word.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              His similes in order set
              And every crambo he could get.        --Swift.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     {Dumb crambo}, a game in which one party of players give a
        word which rhymes with another, which last to be guessed
        by the opposing party, who represent in dumb show what
        they think it to be.
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