"Take care what you light your cigars with," said Belton, "you'll be burning some of Tufton's crams: they are stuck all about the pictures."—Collegian's Guide, p. 223.
He puzzled himself with his crams he had in his pocket, and copied what he did not understand.—Ibid., p. 279.
CRAMBAMBULI. A favorite drink among the students in the German universities, composed of burnt rum and sugar.
Crambambuli, das ist der Titel Des Tranks, der sich bei uns bewährt. Drinking song.
To the next! let's have the crambambuli first, however.—Yale
Lit. Mag., Vol. XII. p. 117.
CRAM BOOK. A book in which are laid down such topics as constitute an examination, together with the requisite answers to the questions proposed on that occasion.
He in consequence engages a private tutor, and buys all the cram books published for the occasion.—Gradus ad Cantab., p. 128.
CRAMINATION. A farcical word, signifying the same as cramming; the termination tion being suffixed for the sake of mock dignity.
The —— scholarship is awarded to the student in each Senior Class who attends most to cramination on the College course.—Burlesque Catalogue, Yale Coll., 1852-53, p. 28.
CRAM MAN. One who is cramming for an examination.