Definitions
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- noun dated, 19th century A child's game.
- noun Plural form of
dibstone .
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Examples
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"Dibs" was an abbreviation for dibstones, an ancient game with pebbles, sheep knuckles and, later, jacks.
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I have seen little girls exercise whole hours together and take abundance of pains to be expert at dibstones as they call it.
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(or pebbles) used in the game of dibstones, also called jackstones or, more usually nowadays, jacks.
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a blindfolded player tries to catch other players who are "buffing" (buffeting; i.e., ` playfully harassing ') him. dibs Dibs, short for dibstones, were animal knucklebones
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