See quotation.
1837. The U.S. Gazette asks what is bimbo? Not toddy, we hope. The Boston Transcript answers that it is much worse. Bimbo is a rascally compound of brandy and sugar, flavored with lemon peal (sic). An invention of the devil to make drunkards.—Balt. Comml. Transcript, Sept. 5, p. 2/3.
1880. See N.E.D.
