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  2. Path: sparky!uunet!uvaarpa!darwin.sura.net!paladin.american.edu!auvm!OBU.ARKNET.EDU!GRANADE
  3. Message-ID: <0095E013.77CCD200.1187@obu.arknet.edu>
  4. Date:         Thu, 23 Jul 92 13:22:54 EDT
  5. Sender:       Nota Bene List <NOTABENE@TAUNIVM>
  6. From:         granade@OBU.ARKNET.EDU
  7. Subject:      Re: SHIPPING NB 4.0
  8. Comments: To: NOTABENE@TAUNIVM.TAU.AC.IL
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  12. Allen, "dibs on" means to have first choice--i.e., "I get it first!"
  13. Though I've heard it all my life, I can't offer derivation (of course,
  14. my life has been mostly Southern).
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  16. Ray Granade
  17. Ouachita Baptist University
  18. Arkadelphia, AR  71998-0001
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  20. granade@obu.arknet.edu
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