ish kabibble phr.
(US) it is of no importance to me, ‘I should worry’.
TAD Lex. (1993) 49: Ish ki bibbel. | in Zwilling||
Goodwin’s Wkly (Salt lake City) 14 Mar. 9/3: [advt] Ishkabibble! Mother has a new gas range [...] I don’t have to carry no more coal. | ||
Tacoma Times (WA) 30 Aug. 3/6: ponderous London dailies are perturbed over ‘Ish Kabibble.’ One solemnly hazards it means ‘What’s the odds’. | ||
Manhattan Transfer 215: Gosh I’m an indecent sight in this dress . . . . Ish gebibble. | ||
AS II:2 92: We next read on the sport’s arm ban and the flapper’s pennant ‘Ish Kabibbul’ or ‘Ishkabibble’ — or ‘I Should Worry’. | ‘From “Quoz” to “Razzberries”’ in||
Look Homeward, Angel (1930) 360: They [i.e. summer houses] were small, flimsy, a multitudinous vermin — all with their little wooden sign of lodging. ‘The Ishkabibble,’ ‘Sea View’, ‘Rest Haven’. | ||
Gas-House McGinty 358: You should worry. Ish kabbible, Mac. |