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June 25, 1924. End date. January 1936. Syndicate (s) Newspaper Feature Service ( King Features Syndicate) Genre (s) Humor. Dumb Dora is a comic strip published from 1924 to 1936 distributed by King Features Syndicate. [1] The term "dumb Dora" was a 1920s [2] American slang term for a foolish woman; [3] [4] the strip helped popularize the term.
Flapper. Flappers were a subculture of young Western women prominent after the First World War and through the 1920s who wore short skirts (knee height was considered short during that period), bobbed their hair, listened to jazz, and flaunted their disdain for prevailing codes of decent behavior.
An " it girl " [ a] is an attractive young woman who is perceived to have both sex appeal and a personality that is especially engaging. [ 1] The expression it girl originated in British upper-class society around the turn of the 20th century. [ 2] It gained further attention in 1927 with the popularity of the Paramount Studios film It ...
5. Muffin walloper. Used to describe: An older, unmarried woman who gossips a lot. This colorful slang was commonly used in the Victorian era to describe unmarried old ladies who would gossip ...
The Gold Digger ( Judge, 24 Jul 1920) The term "gold digger" is a slang term that has its roots among chorus girls and sex workers in the early 20th century. In print, the term can be found in Rex Beach 's 1911 book, The Ne'er-Do-Well, and in the 1915 memoir My Battles with Vice by Virginia Brooks. [ 2] The Oxford Dictionary [clarification ...
Bimbo. Presumed portrait of Rosalie Duthé (1748–1830), called "the first officially recorded dumb blonde." Bimbo is slang for a conventionally attractive, sexualized naïve woman. [ 1] The term was originally used in the United States as early as 1919 for an unintelligent or brutish man. [ 2] As of the early 21st century, the "stereotypical ...
Nippy. A nippy was a waitress who worked in the J. Lyons & Co tea shops and cafés in London. Beginning in the late 19th century, a J. Lyons waitress was called a "Gladys". From 1926, because the waitresses nipped (moved quickly) around the tea shops, the term "Nippy" came into use. [ 1][ 2] Nippies wore a distinctive maid-like uniform with a ...
The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which secured for women the right to vote, was ratified on this day in history, August 18, 1920.. It is considered one of the great landmarks in the ...