7 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STICK ONE'S BIB IN»
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
(G. Parker, 1789; Vaux; Egan.) Lit., to take one's bib in order to wipe away one's
tears. Z. In push or put or stick (one's) bib in, to busybody, to interfere: Aus.: since
late 19405. B., 1959. Cf. sticky beak.~—3. See best bib and tucker. bib-all-night.
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fiiS-TS ^Wlli/W ; tucker iiW^C£!l±BSB8f(» to poke/ stick one's bib in ; if] I T~??£ (
Don't poke your bib in other's affairs! ^HTS^I AM*» ! ) bid to bid fair (#]#5fSBlf6 (
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Cassell's Dictionary of Slang
[1910s] an interfering person. poke one's bib in v. see STICK ONE'S BIB IN v.
poke one's mouth off v. [1970s*] (US Black) to lose one's temper. poke one's
pussy v. [1960s*] of a woman, to masturbate (Cf. APPLY LIP GLOSS V.; BEAT
ONE'S ...
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An Australian Dictionary for North Americans
To remonstrate, to make a scene, to be obstreperous. put/stick one's bib in exp.
To intervene, often when not wanted. put the wood in the hole excl. Shut the door!
PUBLIC BAR 79 PUT THE WOOD IN THE HOLE Quokka Qantas Quandong ...
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Australian words and their origins
Baker Drum 89 Bib in, any interference, any action of a busybody, esp. in the
phrases stick one's bib in, put (or push) one's bib in. 1974 Blazey fc Campbell
Political Dice Men 20 1 As kin 'thanked the pussy-footing Victorians to keep their
bib ...
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New Zealand English: an introduction to New Zealand speech ...
... the mozz on to spit chips to be off one's nana to stick one's bib in don't get off
your bikel go for your lifel up a gumtree in the nuddy on one's pat Rafferty's rules
prezzie bull-dust kero strides • The use of New Zealand colloquialism and slang
is.
Elizabeth Gordon, Tony Deverson, 1985
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