dibby-dibby

dibby-dibby
 adj.— «Peter Metro…, Lady Mackerel, Sister Charmaine in tandem with Metro went over well doing their no. 1 song on the reggae chart in London “Dibby Dibby Man.”» —“Reggae Explosion” by Howard McGowan The Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) June 11, 1988. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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