Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(US) a problem; often in pl.

1933		E. Pound letter 24 Sept. in Paige (1971) 248: Clearer idea you have of what you want, greater prob. of getting. But never waste time filling in the details. That bitches it.
1963–74		B. Humphries Barry McKenzie [comic strip] in Complete Barry McKenzie (1988) 94: No probs Barrington.
1989		M. Amis London Fields 46: I’m a man can get things done. Any little prob like. Cry out for Keith.
1992		J. Mowry Way Past Cool 31: It wasn’t too much of a prob when some got greedy.
2000		N. Griffiths Grits 184: The cow, she neveh as any probs stayin slim.
2002		J. Cameron Hell on Hoe Street 195: You all right Nicky? [...] No probs up that Pakistan?
2010		L. Redhead Thrill City [ebook] Curtis shrugged. ‘No probs. I’ll just make it up’.
2021		C. Hammer Opal Country 341: ‘No probs’.
2024		J. Meades Empty Wigs (t/s) 745: [A] readymade sink estate... the council dump for the prob-fams... the underachievers... the workshies.