[Ads-l] Further Antedating of "Bikini"

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Mark Mandel wrote:
> How does this fit, if at all, with these definitions of "brimborion" (from
> https://www.wordnik.com/words/brimborion

Here is a link to a clipping of the full article. The word “designed"
is misspelled as "desigend". The article begins with the following
text:

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106580214/brimborion-bikini/

Date: May 15, 1947
Newspaper: The Windsor Star
Newspaper location: Windsor, Ontario, Canada

[Begin excerpt]
PARIS Brimborion, according to the dictionary, means charm.

Brimborion, according to Jaques Heim, is a new sunsuit--desigend to
confound those who claimed the coverage of a French bathing suit could
not be reduced.

Heim will take $200 or so for his wisp of modesty, but you can do it
yourself. Like this:

Take a long, narrow scarf. Wrap it around the lower part of the hips
like a Turkish dancer. Make like a diaper with one end, tie at the
side. Garnish with a bra--contraction of miniscule.

Heim will not guarantee it in the water.
[End excerpt]

Garson


Continuation of Mark Mandel's email
> <https://www.wordnik.com/words/brimborion)>)?:*
> >>>>>
> *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
> <<<<<
>
> 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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