bubblegummer (1947, 1949, 1966)

[Benjamin Zimmer]

HDAS has 1969 for "bubblegummer" = 'youngster, esp. a silly teenaged
girl', with a bracketed cite from 1947 explicitly referring to blowing
bubbles.  The 1947 and 1949 cites below evokes bubble-blowing bobbysoxers,
while the 1966 cite is more related to "bubblegum music" (mentioned
elsewhere in the article).

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_Washington Post_, Dec. 21, 1947, p. V1/2
"They Think Maybe He's The Waiter" by Aline Mosby
Not one fan magazine flashbulb popped, not one autograph hound stuck his
grmy book under Pete's schnozz and not one bubble-gummer cooed.
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_Nevada State Journal_, Jan. 16, 1949, p. 4/3
"Winchell on Broadway" by Walter Winchell
"Strawberry Roan" has Gene's intrepid Autrying to pop the orbs of
bubblegummers.
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"San Francisco Bay Rock" by Gene Sculatti, _Crawdaddy_ No. 6, Nov. 1966
(rocksbackpages.com)
Their first single, 'It's No Secret'/'Runnin' Round This World', was a
flop. It was too good. The bubble-gummers wouldn't buy it.
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--Ben Zimmer