Cribbage

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

  Cribbage \Crib"bage\ (kr?b"?j), n. [From {Crib}, v. t., 2.]
     A game of cards, played by two or four persons, in which
     there is a crib. (See {Crib}, 11.) It is characterized by a
     great variety of chances.
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           A man's fancy would be summed up in cribbage. --John
                                                    Hall.
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     {Cribbage board}, a board with holes and pegs, used by
        cribbage players to score their game.
        [1913 Webster] Cribber

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cribbage
       n : a card game in which each player is dealt 6 cards and
           discards one or two to make up the crib [syn: {crib}]