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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]