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Every game picks up its little quirky terms for events during play, like “being skunked” or playing “His Nibs” in Cribbage.
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Every game picks up its little quirky terms for events during play, like “being skunked” or playing “His Nibs” in Cribbage.
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So neat and precise were they as they tripped down the street together, that we called them (out of Mrs. Handsomebody's hearing) Mr. and Mrs. "Cribbage" Pegg.
Explorers of the Dawn Mazo De la Roche 1920
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"Cribbage," cried Mr. Blyth, knocking a triangular board for three players on the table, and regarding Mr.. Peckover with the most reproachful expression that his features could assume.
Hide and Seek Wilkie Collins 1856
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Later we worked up to games with more and more complicated rules — Canasta, Cribbage, Canfield.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grandmothers Jack Canfield 2011
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Later we worked up to games with more and more complicated rules — Canasta, Cribbage, Canfield.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grandmothers Jack Canfield 2011
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Zombie Dice in cup or playing “His Nibs” in Cribbage.
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“Cribbage is for old men,” Dad used to say as he dealt the cards.
Peace and Cribbage 2010
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PSYCH “Tuesday the 17th”: Strip Cribbage Gives A Whole New Meaning to “His Nibs” « TV BACON, on February 15, 2009 at 7:17 pm Said:
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We also play Cribbage, my hubby's family has a big tourney every other year at the family reunion.
Time to Play Jess Granger 2009
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