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cribbed Definition


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crib
noun
    1. A baby's cot or cradle.
    2. A manger.
    3. A model of the nativity, with the infant Christ in a manger.
    4. A literal translation of a text, used as an aid by students.
    5. Something copied or plagiarized from another's work.
    6. cards.
      The discarded cards in cribbage, used by the dealer in scoring.
    7. A timber framework for a dam.
    8. A timber framework used to line a mine shaft.
    9. Short for cribbage.
verb cribbed, cribbing
    tr & intr
    1. To copy or plagiarize.
    2. To put in or as if in a crib.
Etymology: Anglo-Saxon cribb stall or manger.



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