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crib
verb- to reside somewhere US
- I coasted the “Hog” into the curb outside the hotel where Kim, my newest, prettiest girl, was cribbing. — Iceberg Slim (Robert Beck), Pimp, p. 272, 1969
- All the chorus chicks from the Lido was cribbing there (20) so I knew I was gonna have a ball. — Babs Gonzales, Movin’ On Down De Line, p. 15, 1975
- If nothing else, just knowing where Deek cribbed could be a major advantage. — Jess Mowry, Way Past Cool, p. 124, 1992
- [I]nstead of moving west where the rest of the LA money cribbed, they kept themselves close to their roots. — John Ridley, Everybody Smokes in Hell, p. 36, 1999
- to cheat in an examination UK, 1891
- Cribbing on examinations is apparently a world-wide practice. — Max Shulman, Guided Tour of Campus Humor, p. 3, 1955
- to plagiarise something; to copy something UK, 1941
- It’s an easy act for a doctor to crib. — Philip Wylie, Opus 21, p. 159, 1949
- But Recess [a children’s TV cartoon] is the runt of the genre: malnourished and over-eager; cribbing from its neighbours as it struggles to make the grade. — Guardian, 27 July 2001
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