Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cribbage-faced

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.08 in modern English

Syllables
crib-bage--faced
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of a person: having a pockmarked face.

Obsolete; Slang

Etymology

Allusion to the holes in a cribbage board.

Usage

Inflected Forms

more cribbage-faced (comparative) most cribbage-faced (superlative)

Questions

What does cribbage-faced mean?
Of a person: having a pockmarked face.
Where does cribbage-faced come from?
Allusion to the holes in a cribbage board.

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