[Ads-l] Further Antedating of "Bikini"

[Mark Mandel]

How does this fit, if at all, with these definitions of "brimborion" (from
https://www.wordnik.com/words/brimborion
<https://www.wordnik.com/words/brimborion)>)?:*
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*from The Century Dictionary.*
*noun* A trifling object kept as a charm or gewgaw; a trifle: as, “handing
brimborions, baubles, knickknacks,” etc.

*from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.*
*noun obsolete* A useless or valueless object
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MAM


*This may be the only time I have used these three punctuation marks
together, not counting the self-referential asterisk.

On Fri, Jul 29, 2022, 8:28 PM Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:

> bikini (OED, 2., 1948)
>
> 1947 _Windsor Daily Star_ 15 May 7/5 (Newspapers.com)  Heim says he was
> forced to make the brimborion because his "Bikini" suit last year was so
> badly copied.
>
> Fred Shapiro
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