putting kibosh questions

[Sam Clements]

Stephen--Yep, that's confirmed.

"Please you, my lord, I an't no such a thing; I am a real Jew, and I never
was naturalized.  They say so to rise the kibosh against me, and my vife,
vot I vas a valking mid, vhen they comes down upon us.  Ve goes reflar to
the synagogue, and the gentlemen knows it.  I'm as good Jew as any on um
all, and so is my poor vife."

Sam Clements


----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen Goranson" <goranson at DUKE.EDU>
To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 09:05
Subject: putting kibosh questions

> Kibosh is known in English from at least 1834, often in "put the kibosh
> on." Another possibly early use (unconfirmed newspaperarchive
> preview--could Sam Clements or another confirm this?)):
> True Sun [London] May 15, 1835 "They say so to rise [raise?] the kibosh
> against me, and my wife."

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