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| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| dibs (dɪbz) | |
| —pl n | |
| 1. | another word for jacks |
| 2. | a slang word for money |
| 3. | informal ( |
| [C18: shortened from dibstones children's game played with knucklebones or pebbles, probably from dib to tap, dip, variant of | |
dibs
game of great antiquity and worldwide distribution, now played with stones, bones, seeds, filled cloth bags, or metal or plastic counters (the jacks), with or without a ball. The name derives from "chackstones"-stones to be tossed. The knuckle, wrist, or ankle bones (astragals) of goats, sheep, or other animals also have been used in play. Such objects have been found in prehistoric caves in Kiev, Ukraine, and pictures of the game are depicted on jars from ancient Greece.
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