crib sheet

noun

: cheat sheet

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This crib sheet and matching duvet set ($90) makes an excellent gift for parents of toddlers. — Amanda Lauren, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024 The numbers matter, of course, but alas, there isn’t room in this newsletter even for a consensus estimate crib sheet. — Elaine Chen, STAT, 24 July 2024 It can be wiped down and the crib sheet can be tossed in the laundry for cleanup. — Ambrosia V. Brody, Parents, 28 Mar. 2024 His crib sheet has come in for its fair share of tweaking and critiquing down the decades, but that sense of the Cubist function—input figuration, output abstraction—still holds sway. — Susan Tallman, The New York Review of Books, 29 Dec. 2022 See All Example Sentences for crib sheet

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1940, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of crib sheet was circa 1940

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“Crib sheet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crib%20sheet. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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