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noun

Kibosh n.

Nonsense; stuff; also, fashion; style. (Slang)

Portland cement when thrown or blown into the recesses of carved stonework to intensify the shadows.

To put the kibosh on, to dispose of; to squelch; to terminate; put an end to; to do for. (Slang)

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Etymology of 'Kibosh'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Kibosh" Quotes from Famous Books

... catch her," Matt said. "I saw his alarm-clock was set at five. That'd given 'm plenty of time... only I come along an' put the kibosh ...

— When God Laughs and Other Stories • Jack London

... "madames," the number of their "boarders" and the condition of the merchandise thrown upon the market. All that was necessary to make the Post's Bawdy-house Guide complete was the addition of rate- cards. On that little bit of journalistic "enterprise" the ICONOCLAST put a kibosh also, much to the satisfaction of every decent family in Harris county. Now the fecular sheet has found a new road to infamy—is advertising garters fit only to adorn the crummy underpinning of negro prostitutes. It does seem that the Post will ...

— Volume 1 of Brann The Iconoclast • William Cowper Brann