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bimbo

The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | | Copyright

bimbo an attractive but unintelligent or frivolous young woman. The term came into English (from Italian, ‘little child, baby’) in the early 1920s as a derogatory term for a person of either sex. The sense of stupid or ‘loose’ woman was however developing, and in the late 1980s the term enjoyed a new vogue in the media.

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bimbo

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

bim·bo / ˈbimbō/ (also bim·bette / bimˈbet/ ) • n. (pl. -bos) inf. an attractive but empty-headed young woman, esp. one perceived as a willing sex object.

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bimbo

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

bimbo •jabot, sabot •ambo, flambeau, mambo, Rambo, Rimbaud, Tambo •Gabo, Garbo, lavabo •elbow • Strabo • rainbow •gazebo, grebo, placebo •Igbo • bilbo •akimbo, bimbo, limbo •Maracaibo • yobbo •combo, Negombo •longbow • crossbow • oxbow •hobo, lobo, oboe •Colombo, dumbo, gumbo, jumbo, mumbo-jumbo, umbo •Malabo • Mirabeau • turbo

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BIMBO

The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations | 1998 | | Copyright

BIMBO buy-in management buyout

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FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "BIMBO." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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Free newspaper and magazine articles

	How Dr Dolittle heard Bimbo's dying secrets.(Features) Newspaper article from: The People (London, England); 3/22/1998
	Bimbo buys Sara Lee bakery unit.(Business) Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 11/10/2010
	Bimbo: el Oso Mañoso de reggaeton.(Entrevista) Magazine article from: Latin Beat Magazine; 9/1/2005