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Dribs and drabs is London Cockney rhyming slang for crab lice (crabs).
Crabs
Pretty much the same as scribs, i.e. crossing of the fingers to provide immunity.
n 1. A claim; rights: I have dibs on that last piece of pie. 2. Money, especially in small amounts.
Sand and canvas is nautical slang for clean thoroughly.
ribs in the fore and after sections of a boat’s frame
Noun. A claim. E.g."I put dibs on tasting it first."Verb. To put a personal claim on something. E.g."I made the cocktail so I dibs first taste."
An order of ribs
money. Dib was also US slang meaning $1 (one dollar), which presumably extended to more than one when pluralised. Origins of dib/dibs/dibbs are uncertain but probably relate to the old (early 1800s) children's game of dibs or dibstones played with the knuckle-bones of sheep or pebbles. Also relates to (but not necessairly derived from) the expression especially used by children, 'dibs' meaning a share or claim of something, and dibbing or dipping among a group of children, to determine shares or winnings or who would be 'it' for a subsequent chasing game. In this sort of dipping or dibbing, a dipping rhyme would be spoken, coinciding with the pointing or touchung of players in turn, eliminating the child on the final word, for example:
Hand and fist is London Cockney rhyming slang for very drunk, intoxicated (pissed).
Blood and sand is slang for menstruation.
Amos and Andy is British rhyming slang for brandy. Amos and Andy is British rhyming slang for shandy.
Dibs was th century slang for money.
Intimate, familiar, closely united as a hand and its glove.
Drib is British slang for a woman.
Jack of dibs is British slang for a generous man.
An order of ribs
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n.
A black bird of tropical America, the West Indies and Florida (Crotophaga ani), allied to the cuckoos, and remarkable for communistic nesting.
adv.
Of each; an equal quantity; as, wine and honey, ana (or, contracted, aa), / ij., that is, of wine and honey, each, two ounces.
n.
One who dribs; one who shoots weakly or badly.
v. t.
To catch and bring to shore; to capture; as, to land a fish.
conj.
It is sometimes, in old songs, a mere expletive.
n.
One who drubs.
v. t.
An aid-de-camp, so called by abbreviation; as, a general's aid.
v. t.
A space between elevated lines or ribs, as of the fruits of umbelliferous plants.
a. & adv.
Applied to breeding from a male and female of the same parentage. See under Breeding.
conj.
If; though. See An, conj.
n.
Tracts of land consisting of sand, like the deserts of Arabia and Africa; also, extensive tracts of sand exposed by the ebb of the tide.
conj.
A particle which expresses the relation of connection or addition. It is used to conjoin a word with a word, a clause with a clause, or a sentence with a sentence.
v. t.
To inclose, as with ribs, and protect; to shut in.
a.
Having ribs, or the appearance of ribs; (Bot.) having one or more longitudinal ribs.
v. t.
To do by little and little
a.
Having nerves, or simple and parallel ribs or veins.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Drib
conj.
In order to; -- used instead of the infinitival to, especially after try, come, go.
imp. & p. p.
of Drib
n.
One who associates with drabs; a wencher.
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