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 Dibs or Dibbs.Dicil’la (in Orlando Furioso). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Dicers’ Oaths.
 
False as dicers’ oaths. Worthless or untrustworthy, as when a gambler swears never to touch dice again. (Shakespeare: Hamlet, iii. 4.)   1
 


 Dibs or Dibbs.Dicil’la (in Orlando Furioso). 

 
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