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  • And as the 11th Warders shoveled out their street parking spots and called Dibs with cracked chairs and orange cones stolen from Streets and San by somebody's brother-in-law, the practice spread.

    chicagotribune.com - 2010

  • "Dibs" was an abbreviation for dibstones, an ancient game with pebbles, sheep knuckles and, later, jacks.

    ASK TIP SHEET 2007

  • While "Dibs" has caused fights and inspired vandalism in the past, things have been relatively quiet this year, Weis said.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • While "Dibs" has caused fights and inspired vandalism in the past, things have been relatively quiet this year, Weis said.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • While "Dibs" has caused fights and inspired vandalism in the past, things have been relatively quiet this year, Weis said.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • Whitehaven teenager Matthew 'Dibs' Humphreys has punched his way to the North West Regional Schoolboy title and is now setting his sights on national glory.

    Whitehaven News headlines 2010

  • Whitehaven teenager Matthew 'Dibs' Humphreys has punched his way to the North West Regional Schoolboy title and is now setting his sights on national glory.

    Whitehaven News headlines 2010

  • Have a contest to determine the best piece of junk put out to claim dibs during the Winter, turn said piece of junk into an animated cartoon character and call him "Dibs," the city mascot.

    unknown title 2009

  • Have a contest to determine the best piece of junk put out to claim dibs during the Winter, turn said piece of junk into an animated cartoon character and call him "Dibs," the city mascot.

    unknown title 2009

  • Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Dibs on being engineer:

    Dibs on being engineer 2009

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