Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—C

Cram

To tell what is not true. A crammer, an untruth. The allusion is to stuffing a person with useless rubbish.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
Crambe bis Cocta
Crakys of War
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