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Which earlier card game did cribbage develop from?
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cribbage
Modern 120-hole cribbage board.
Cribbage developed from an earlier card game called noddy.1
This connection is evidenced by the fact that both games utilized a special scoring board. Furthermore, a historical link remains in the terminology of the game: the jack of the same suit as the starter card is referred to as "his nob," while the jack was formerly called "knave noddy," a direct reference to the earlier game.1