bimbo

[ bim-boh ]
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noun,plural bim·bos, bim·boes.Slang.
  1. Also bim·bette [bim-bet] /bɪmˈbɛt/ . an attractive but stupid young woman.

  2. a foolish, stupid, or inept person.

  1. a man or fellow, often a disreputable or contemptible one.

Origin of bimbo

1
First recorded in 1915–20, Americanism; perhaps from Italian bimbo “baby”

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British Dictionary definitions for bimbo

bimbo

/ (ˈbɪmbəʊ) /


nounplural -bos or -boes
  1. an attractive but empty-headed young woman

  2. a person, esp a foolish one

Origin of bimbo

1
C20: from Italian: little child, perhaps via Polari

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