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Meanings of cribbage in английском

A card game (usually for two players) in which each player is dealt six cards and discards one or two.

Usage of cribbage in английском
1
I was not playing cribbage, but I was doing nothing very important.
The Irrational Knot / Being the Second Novel of His Nonage
2
He played a fair game of cribbage, but he cheated at solitaire.
The Circular Staircase
3
I'm off down the pub for a game of cribbage with Fred.'
The millionaire's rebellious mistress
4
Let's have a game of 'Roadside cribbage.' Bags I the left side!
Etheldreda the Ready: A School Story
5
They played cribbage, alternating with two-handed rummy-forhigh, but of course mythical, stakes.
Earth Abides
6
I took my new cribbage board and went to the door.
11/22/63
7
Her cribbage skills remained, but she began to lose her English.
The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
8
Played cribbage for hours on end on an upturned riot shield.
The Guardian
9
There, in a cloud of smoke, she found Whiston playing cribbage.
The Prussian Officer
10
Besides, if he played one more hand of cribbage, he'd scream.
Johannes cabal the necromancer
11
And if there's time after that, we might even play cribbage.
First among sequels
12
I have a game of cribbage after dinner with his Lordship.
Nedra
13
The other patrons two seats away never looked up from their cribbage game.
The blue edge of midnight
14
It was warm and comfortable, and he was playing cribbage with the Factor.
The Call of the Wild, White Fang and Other Stories
15
Sit down, old boy, and we'll have a game at cribbage.
Two Years Ago, Volume I
16
If ignorant of this French game, sir, cribbage or all fours?
What Will He Do with It? — Volume 10
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