CLAIM, CLAIMANT, CLAIMED, CLAIMING
INTERJECTIONS/PHRASES
1425 — PRETENCED alleged, claimed, or professed, esp. falsely; counterfeit, feigned, spurious → obs.
1595 — PRETENDANT claiming to be somebody or something
.M19 — CHAPS ME THAT! I claim that! → Sc. children’s usage
1895 — I BONAS IT I claim it → Amer. dial.
1930 — AIKIES! that’s mine! I want to do that!; a child’s term used to claim the whole or an equal part of an object → US sl.
1944 — GOODS! → GOODS ON IT! that’s mine; used as a claim or rights to something → Amer. dial.
1944 — I BONEY IT I claim it → Amer. dial.
1944 — YAKERS ON IT! I claim it! → Amer. dial.
1950 — I BONNY IT! I claim it → Amer. dial.
1956 — ALL MINES! they’re all mine; a children’s expression used to lay entire claim to something found or won → Amer. dial.
1956 — KEEPS! used to stake a claim → Amer. dial.
1956 — SNOOKSIES! used as a call to claim first choice → Amer. dial.
1956 — TABS! used to lay claim to something → Amer. dial.
1957 — DIGSIES! used to claim part ownership → Amer. dial.
1957 — NIBS! a claim call → Amer. dial.
1966 — I BONERS IT I claim it → Amer. dial.
NOUNS
1658 — VENDICATION a claiming; a challenging to oneself → obs.
1901 — HASSAYAMPING a making a preposterous claim; telling a lie; exaggerating → Amer. dial.
1905 — GOOFIES a claim; rights, dibs → Amer. dial.
1930 — DIBS a claim; rights; right of priority → Amer. dial.
1943 — WACKIE(S) a claim or right to something → Amer. dial.
1956 — BEANS a claim; rights; right of priority; ‘dibs’ → Amer. dial.
1968 — DIBBIES a claim; rights; right of priority → Amer. dial.
1991 — VENS a claim; ‘dibs’; rights; right of priority → Amer. dial.
2000 — VENCHES a claim; ‘dibs’; rights; right of priority → Amer. dial.
NOUNS, PERSON
1600 — PRETENDANT a claimant, esp. to a throne or other office or honour; a fraudulent claimant; a mere
VERBS
1205 — BETELL to lay claim to; to win, to rescue → obs.
1500 — TAKE to claim to do something → obs.
1531 — VENDICATE to claim for oneself → obs.
1865 — BAR to claim a privilege or possession → Eng. dial.
1865 — BARLEY to claim by right of first choice, to bespeak → Eng. dial.
1898 — BALLOW to lay claim to an object, partner in a game, etc., by right of first choice → Eng. & Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1910 — BAG to claim → sl.
1922 — VINCE to stake a claim or reserve a right to something → Amer. dial.
1936 — MUGS to claim possession of → Amer. dial.
1944 — BAGS to claim rights to something; to reserve something → Aust. sl.
1944 — BONEY to claim possession of something → Amer. dial.
1950 — BONNY to claim possession of something → Amer. dial.
1956 — FINNIE to lay claim to, to latch on to → Amer. dial.
1956 — WACKIE to stake a claim or reserve a right to something → Amer. dial.
1968 — BONEY-EYE to claim possession of something → Amer. dial.