kibosh (lash) ca. 1830

[Jonathan Lighter]

Quite important, Stephen. Please post the whole thing.

JL

On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 4:15 AM, Stephen Goranson <goranson at duke.edu> wrote:

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> I just received a scan of a broadside-- "Penal Servitude!"-- thought
> (by Ferguson, Bibliography of Australia 1390aaaa)
>  to be printed in London ca. 1830.
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> The song, from one found guilty at the Old Baily and just returned
> from Australia, includes the text:
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> There is one little dodge I am thinking,
>  That would put your profession all to smash,
> It would put on the kibosh like winking,
>  That is if they was to introduce the lash.
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> (This broadside has been incorrectly transcribed in two books.)
>
> If there is interest, I will type the full text and provide other
> information on this early attestation that kibosh, as suggested
> before, like kurbach, meant lash.
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> Stephen Goranson
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