Albright College slang (1938) - bimb(o)

[Joel S. Berson]

At 3/8/2011 01:12 AM, Wilson Gray wrote:
>"bimb"  ancestor of _bimbo_?

That caught my eye too, Wilson -- but  perhaps instead a
descendant.  "Bimbo" has been found earlier than 1938 by the OED:

For men:

 a. A fellow, chap; usu. contemptuous.

1919    Amer. Mag. Nov. 69/1   Nothing but the most heroic measures
will save the poor bimbo.

And even for chippies:


b. A woman; esp. a whore.

1929    Amer. Speech 4 338   Bimbo, a woman.
1937    Detective Fiction Weekly 3 Apr. 20/2   We found Durken and
Frenchy LaSeur, seated at a table with a pair of blonde bimboes beside them.

[And Eudora thinks it's not polite.]

Joel

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