crib|bing

crib|bing
crib|bing «KRIHB ihng», noun.
1. = crib-biting. (Cf.crib-biting)
2. a mining crib.
3. the pieces of timber forming the lining of a shaft.
4. Informal. cheating; plagiarism: »

Cribbing is of two distinctly different kinds: Copying the work of another student, and copying from a self-prepared pony (Newsweek).


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