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From: t...@euronet.nl (Donna Richoux)
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 20:25:18 +0100
Local: Tues, Jan 15 2002 2:25 pm
Subject: Re: Dibs...again
Sir Arch <sucha...@yahoo.com> wrote: Cassell's Dictionary of Slang (1998) says it is a corruption of the > I have read the two previous threads (1996 & 1998) about the supposed > origins of "dibs" as in...Dibs on the M-16, but notice that no one > had come up with solid etymology. Has that changed in the intervening > three years? Standard English "division" or "divide." They say it is US use, from the 1930s on. I don't know if that explanation was given in earlier discussions or Other words they put in that category of childish claims are: aikies, > One of the references was to a game supposedly called dibs. Does -- Best -- Donna Richoux You must Sign in before you can post messages.
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