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Cribbage is a card game, usually for two players, in which each player tries to form various counting combinations of cards. Each player receives six cards, and the score is kept by moving pegs on a narrow rectangular board. (There is also a five-card variant, as well as four-hand and three-hand variants.) Cribbage was invented by the 17th-century English poet and courtier John Suckling. The rules of play, though somewhat involved, are simple enough to make cribbage a popular pastime, particularly in Britain and the United States. The game usually ends at 121 (twice around the board plus one).
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Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 16 Mar. 2024
Their morning hike then segued to lunch at Sean's house, followed by a cribbage game and a long evening spent talking.
—Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 8 Apr. 2024
Around the same time, chaturanga (the precursor of chess) emerged in India, while the Egyptians invented senet, in which players raced each other to the end of the board, similar to cribbage.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 5 Mar. 2024
The modern fest is a full eight days long and includes an oyster-shucking contest, an adult basketball tournament, a cribbage competition and a beauty pageant.
—Corey Buhay, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Feb. 2024
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“Cribbage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cribbage. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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