crame

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noun

A merchant's booth; a shop or tent where goods are sold; a stall

OriginScots crame ← Middle Dutch kraeme ← Middle Low German krame →
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Meanings

crame1

nouncrame (plural crames)

plural crames

  1. ScotlandA merchant's booth; a shop or tent where goods are sold; a stall
  2. ScotlandA parcel of goods for sale; a peddler's pack; a kit

crame2

verb
  1. archaicArchaic spelling of cram.

    Certaine of the Tartarres, professing the name of Christe, yet farre from his righteousnes: when their parentes waxe aged, to haste their death, crame them with gobins of fatte.

    1599, William Waterman, “The Fardle of Facions”, in Richard Hakluyt, editor, Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation, translation of original by Johannes Boemus, archived from the original on 18 Feb 2009

Origin

crame · noun

  1. Old Church Slavonicграмъ“pub, inn”
  2. Old High Germankrām“merchant tent; tent cloth”
  3. Middle Low Germankrame
  4. Middle Dutchkraeme
  5. Scotscrame
  6. Englishcrame

From Scots crame, craim, from Middle Dutch kraeme or Middle Low German krame; both from Old High German krām (“merchant tent; tent cloth”), probably ultimately borrowed from Slavic, such as Old Church Slavonic грамъ (gramŭ, “pub, inn”) or чрѣмъ (črěmŭ, “tent”). Compare West Frisian kream, Dutch kraam, German Low German Kraam, German Kram, Yiddish קראָם (krom), Swedish kram, Icelandic kram.

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crame · verb

Variant of cram.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with crame

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Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

crame. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crame

MLA

“crame.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crame. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crame,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crame.

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