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- noun Plural form of
jib .
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Sails can be divided into four main categories: mains (and mizzens), foresails (what we have been calling jibs), staysails, and spinnakers.
Sailing Fundamentals Gary Jobson 1998
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Sails can be divided into four main categories: mains (and mizzens), foresails (what we have been calling jibs), staysails, and spinnakers.
Sailing Fundamentals Gary Jobson 1998
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The jibs are a small price to pay for priceless exposure.
WN.com - Articles related to The Starbucks on Ambassador Caffery Parkway, Lafayette experience 2010
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The jibs are a small price to pay for priceless exposure.
WN.com - Articles related to The Starbucks on Ambassador Caffery Parkway, Lafayette experience 2010
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The jibs are a small price to pay for priceless exposure.
WN.com - Articles related to The Starbucks on Ambassador Caffery Parkway, Lafayette experience 2010
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The jibs are a small price to pay for priceless exposure.
WN.com - Articles related to The Starbucks on Ambassador Caffery Parkway, Lafayette experience 2010
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If another war is starting I'll hang out with the "jibs"
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"jibs" might be seen perambulating the courts, in the vain effort to discover their tutors 'chambers, the names having undergone an alteration that left all trace of their original proprietors unattainable: Doctor
Charles O'Malley — Volume 1 Charles James Lever 1839
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We have all our jibs there and we owe them sooooooooo much money any way.
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Using that same logic, one could easily argue that corporate management structure jibs badly with the American ethos.
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