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kibosh, n. slang.|ˈkaɪbɒʃ, kɪˈbɒʃ|
Also kybosh, kye-bosh.
[Origin obscure.
(It has been stated to be Yiddish or Anglo-Hebraic: see N. & Q. 9th ser. VII. 10.)]
1. In phr. to put the kibosh on: to dispose of finally, finish off, do for.
1836Dickens Sk. Boz, Seven Dials, ‘Hoo-roar’, ejaculates a pot-boy in a parenthesis, ‘put the kye-bosk [sic] on her, Mary’. 1846Swell's Night Guide 124 Kybosh on, to put the, to turn the tables on any person, to put out of countenance. 1856Punch XXXI. 139 (To put the cibosh upon). 1891C. Roberts Adrift in America 9 It was attending one of these affairs which finally put the ‘kibosh’ on me. 1896H. G. Wells Wheels of Chance xli, ‘I put the kybosh on his little game,’ he remarks. 1924Chambers's Jrnl. May 296/2 Standofer's fairly put the kybosh on us this time. 1952J. Cleary Sundowners iii. 122 Well, that puts the kybosh on it. 1956H. G. de Lisser Cup & Lip xxii. 246 Good for you... You have put the kybosh on them. 1971Times Lit. Suppl. 7 May 531/2 Not only did the First World War liquidate the Edwardian douceur de vivre. It also put the kybosh on the rationalist's faith in progressive social evolution. 1975Sunday Post (Glasgow) 10 Aug. 7/3 She'd been looking forward to some salmon fishing, but the heatwave's put the kybosh on that.
2. Nonsense, ‘rot’, stuff, humbug.
1873Slang Dict. s.v., ‘It's all kibosh’, i.e. palaver or nonsense. 1885Punch 3 Jan. 4/1 Still I wish you a 'Appy New Year, if you care for the kibosh, old Chappie.
3. The proper style or fashion; ‘the thing’.
1889in Cent. Dict. 1896in Farmer Slang.
4. (See quots.)
1845G. W. M. Reynolds Mysteries of London I. xxiii. 60/1 The Thieves' Alphabet... K was a kye-bosh [f.n. 1s. 6d.], that paid for his treat. 1968Gloss. Brit. Argot, Kybosh, one and a half shillings.
Hence ˈkibosh v. trans., to finish off, ‘do for’.
1884‘Cruck-a-Leaghan’ & ‘Slieve Gallion’ Lays & Legends N. of Ireland 87 The Rector pull'd out an' oul' fourpinny-bit..An' handed the pill that wid kibosh the fun. 1890Punch 16 Aug. 74/3 Wy, they'd queer the best pitches in life, if they kiboshed the Power of the Quid! 1892E. J. Milliken 'Arry Ballads 50 (Farmer) A dig in the ribs and a 'owl, Seemed to kibosh the Frenchmen completely. 1933J. Cary Amer. Visitor iv. 41 The question is, can I kybosh the whole scheme at the same time? 1969Listener 27 Feb. 264/2 What a pity that the stipend has not kept pace..with the fall in the value of money (and it even comes to you less PAYE, thus kiboshing manoeuvrability in the field of expenses!). |