crambo

(kram′bō′)

noun

an old game in which players find rhymes for words or lines of verse given by each other

Origin: < ? L crambe, cabbage (as in crambe repetita, lit., cabbage repeatedly served, hence repeated story, old tale) < Gr krambē

See crambo in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. cram·boes or cram·bos

A word game in which a player or team must find and express a rhyme for a word or line presented by the opposing player or team.
Doggerel.

Origin:

Origin: Obsolete crambe, cabbage

Origin: , from Latin crambē (repetīta), (warmed-over) cabbage, said of pedestrian writing

Origin: , from Greek krambē

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