dumb Dora
English
Alternative forms
- dumb dora, Dumb Dora
Etymology
Popularized in the 1920s comic strip Dumb Dora by Chic Young.
Noun
dumb Dora (plural dumb Doras)
- (derogatory, originally US) Synonym of bimbo (“attractive woman who lacks intelligence”)
- 1957, “Lucy Raises Chickens”, in I Love Lucy, season 6, episode 19, spoken by Fred Mertz (William Frawley):
- Well, we had to bring 'em into the house because these two dumb Doras didn't know that you have to keep baby chicks in brooders.
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Further reading
- “dumb Dora”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
- Jonathon Green (2023), “dumb dora n.”, in Green's Dictionary of Slang