Albright College slang (1938) - bimb(o)

[Jonathan Lighter]

Cf. the assertion (which I've never double-checked) that the French of some
earlier century referred to British soldiers as "les goddams."

Or, if you insist: http://www.anu.edu.au/andc/res/aus_words/wwi/C.php

Scroll down to "cark...".

The ultimate source is a 1920s glossary of Australian soldier slang of 1918.

JL

On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 8:53 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 3:37 PM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com>
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> > Where was it that you heard the girls saying "bimbo"?
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> Heilbronn am Neckar, Frankfurt am Rhein, Baumholder bei der Nahe.
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