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dibs (dibz)

noun

☆ Slang a claim to a share of, or rights in, something wanted I've got first dibs on that candy bar

Etymology: contr. < dibstone, a knucklebone or jack in a children's game < dib (< ?) + stone

interjection

used to announce such a claim

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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