cribbage
/ˈkrɪbɪdʒ
/noun [mass noun]
A card game, usually for two players, in which the objective is to play so that the pip value of one’s cards played reaches exactly 15 or 31.Double Cribbage is four player cribbage with fixed partnerships; five cards each are dealt, one being discarded to the dealer's box....
- Older people often enjoy bingo and cribbage (a card game).
- In fact Luke wrote two books on the probabilities of winning at the card game of cribbage.
Origin
Mid 17th century: related to crib; the game is said to have been invented by the English poet Sir John Suckling; it seems to have been developed from an older game called Noddy.