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▪ I. bimbo1|ˈbɪmbəʊ|
A kind of punch.
1880Barman's Man., Bimbo is made nearly in the same way as Arrack punch, except that Cognac brandy is substituted for arrack. [See also ]
▪ II. ˈbimbo2 slang (orig. U.S.).
Pl. -os, -oes.
[It., = little child, baby; cf. bambino.]
a. A fellow, chap; usu. contemptuous.
1919Amer. Mag. Nov. 69/1 Nothing but the most heroic measures will save the poor bimbo. 1924Wodehouse Bill the Conqueror xx. 285 The bimbo Pyke arrived. 1936R. Chandler Killer in Rain (1964) 53 There's a thousand berries on that bimbo. A bank stick-up, ain't he? 1947Wodehouse Full Moon v. 90 Bimbos who went about the place making passes at innocent girls after discarding their wives.
b. A woman; esp. a whore.
1929Amer. Speech IV. 338 Bimbo, a woman. 1937Detective Fiction Weekly 3 Apr. 20/2 We found Durken and Frenchy LaSeur, seated at a table..with a pair of blonde bimboes beside them. 1952S. Kauffmann Philanderer (1953) xii. 194 Not that you were just a bimbo to me... I've discovered that I'm a little in love with you, too.
▸ derogatory. A young woman considered to be sexually attractive but of limited intelligence. (Now the usual sense.)
1927Vanity Fair (U.S.) Nov. 67/2 Among some of Conway's more famous expressions are: ‘Bimbo’ (for a dumb girl); [etc.]. 1976‘W. Allen’ Without Feathers 33 Sure, a guy can meet all the bimbos he wants. But the really brainy women—they're not so easy to find. 1988Stage 4 Aug. 17/5 The empty-headed hair-twisting bimbos who describe themselves as ‘singer, actress, and model’. 2002Empire Dec. 156/4 The Mangler 2..gets points for the most gratuitous jiggle of the year as bimbo prefect Daniella Evangelista flees the killer dressed fetchingly in a Hawaiian luau outfit.
▪ III. bimbo, n.3 Brit. Business.
Brit. |ˈbɪmbəʊ|, U.S. |ˈbɪmboʊ|
Forms: 19– BIMBO, 19– Bimbo, 19– bimbo
[Acronym > n.2]
The purchase of (a controlling share in) a company by a partnership of outside managers and the company's own management. Cf. management buy-in n. at Compounds 2, management buy-out n. at management n. Compounds 2.
1991Sunday Tel. 24 Feb. 37/3 The emergence of the second-time entrepreneur looking to buy businesses on the cheap, spurring the growth of Bimbos—a combination of buy-in and management buy-out. 1994Independent 24 Oct. 30/1 The success rate of management buy-ins is improving thanks to the increasing involvement of second-time entrepreneurs and the growing proportion of ‘bimbos’—a buy-in combined with a buy-out by existing management. 2001Financial Director Feb. 28/3 Farr found a one-site, used car operation..and engineered a BIMBO. |