Learn English – The meaning of tibbies

meaning

What's the meaning of "tibbies" in this context. The quote is from one of Richard Laymon's books:

"You killed her, so you get first tibbies. So take the head. Everybody
does. 'cause the brain's the best part. So you take first tibbies on
the head, and give it to me."

I googled it and the results were mainly a dog breed which is not obviously how it is used in this book. I even checked Urban Dictionary but couldn't find an appropriate definition that would fit in this context.

Best Answer

(first) dibs (on something). TFD an idiom

slang The rights to something, or the rights to have first choice of something. "Dibs" are usually claimed verbally.

Literary uses of English are given poetic license. This idiom ... is the idiomatic use of English, and in your example there is the variation 'tibbies'.

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