perfect 36

[Douglas G. Wilson]

 From 1921:

<<Then there was Lieutenant Farris, he of the perfect 36 figure ....>>

-- http://www.kancoll.org/books/dienst/353-chap31.html

 From 1924:

<<George CLAUSEN - Tanglefoot - They call him perfect Thirty six, for he
has that athletic figure.>>

-- http://www.iltrails.org/jackson/1924_yearbook_carbondale.htm

I would casually speculate that this is just generalized on the basis
"perfect 36" = "perfect figure" (originally referring to a woman's bust
circumference).

-- Doug Wilson