Origin of Kibosh : Routledge Studies in Etymology (Hardcover)

CHAPTER 1: Overview CHAPTER 2: Introduction: ‘Origin unknown’; previous works; chronology CHAPTER 3: Penal Servitude! continued CHAPTER 4: Spread of put the kibosh on from Cockney CHAPTER 5: Kibosh in several newspaper accounts CHAPTER 6: Additional attestations of kibosh CHAPTER 7: Three competing etymologies are unconvincing CHAPTER 8: General observations APPENDICES Appendix #1: Anatoly Liberman’s 2013 article ‘Three Recent Theories of Kibosh, continued’ (Aug. 14, 2013) Appendix #2: kibosh-from-kurbash etymology, evidently first Proposed by Matthew Little (Nov. 2009) Appendix #3: Several newspaper items about chimney sweeps Appendix #4: Political complexities in Britain of the early 1830s Appendix #5: Notes & Queries items on a Yiddish origin of kibosh/kybosh Appendix #6: Two pictures illustrating use of the kurbash REFERENCES INDEX