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dibs on

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dibs on something
a claim on something. I've got dibs on the yellow one! Dibs on the front seat!
See also: dibs
(first) dibs on something (spoken)
to have the right to do or get hold of something I had first dibs on dessert and took the pie.
Usage notes: usually used with the verb get or as an interjection: Dibs on the ice cream!
See also: dibs
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Cathedral Park screenings are free and open to Indian Market attendees, although pass-holders have first dibs on seats.
INDIAN MARKET TODAY by The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM)
Also, aside from Jerry Springer and some Oprah shows, what private citizen goes on national television and advertises that theirs was a dysfunctional family when the average celebrity already has dibs on that market?
RECALLING DR. FRANKENSTEIN by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
on Black Friday, Eric Sjoberg, 29, wasn't camping outside a store in a long line to get first dibs on the "door-buster" discounted items that have come to characterize the day that traditionally kicks off the holiday shopping season.
Black Friday Sales Rose, But More Discounts Loom by Aili McConnon / BusinessWeek
 
 
 
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