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Cribbing   Listen
noun
Cribbing  n.  
1.
The act of inclosing or confining in a crib or in close quarters.
2.
Purloining; stealing; plagiarizing. (Colloq.)
3.
(Mining) A framework of timbers and plank backing for a shaft lining, to prevent caving, percolation of water, etc.
4.
A vicious habit of a horse; crib-biting. The horse lays hold of the crib or manger with his teeth and draws air into the stomach with a grunting sound.






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"Cribbing" Quotes from Famous Books



... honest men are composed. Nature, even in its crimes, does not leap to grand villainies at once; it proceeds from less to greater; and Cagatinta, though still but young, was yet capable of a little bit of "cribbing." ...
— Wood Rangers - The Trappers of Sonora • Mayne Reid

... two men were out on the road driving the black horse. He went well enough, and seemed afraid of nothing. "There's not much the matter with this animal except the tail and the cribbing, I guess," said the doctor. "As for the tail, that is simply a question of ornament and taste. The cribbing is more serious, of course, but I guess Sam Tucker won't be in any danger of his life." They had not gone ...
— 'Doc.' Gordon • Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman



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