Brigitte Bardot

English Etymology en Brigitte Bardot French fashion model and actress 1934 2025.Sense 2 inspired by Bardot's popular nickname, BB. Pronunciation en EN-AU ck1 Brigitte Bardot.ogg AU en əʊ 4 Noun Brigitte Bardot Someone or something very beautiful or desirable. en 1974 w:The Spectator 232 part 1 http://books.google.com.au/books?id=xJAHAQAAIAAJ&q=%22the+Brigitte+Bardot+of%22%22Brigitte+Bardots%22+loan+-intitle:%22Brigitte+-Bardot%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22the+Brigitte+Bardot+of%22%22Brigitte+Bardots%22+loan+-intitle:%22Brigitte+-Bardot%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Jd8GT_iUEu6ViQeUhvnBCQ&redir_esc=y 51 I can claim no such dedication to duty since Christmas was passed way up the French Alps in a place where Brigitte Bardots are two-a-penny but horses a rarity. en 1980 Thomas N. Gladwin; w:Ingo Walter Multinationals Under Fire: Lessons in the Management of Conflict http://books.google.com.au/books?id=_AZBAAAAMAAJ&q=%22the+Brigitte+Bardot+of%22%22Brigitte+Bardots%22+loan+-intitle:%22Brigitte+-Bardot%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22the+Brigitte+Bardot+of%22%22Brigitte+Bardots%22+loan+-intitle:%22Brigitte+-Bardot%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=fuoGT9KBMIrfmAXqm9GPAg&redir_esc=y 268 performance swelled French national pride and excited the fancy of stock market speculators — it became “the Brigitte Bardot of French industry.” en A Quest for Godliness: The Puritan Vision of the Christian Life 268 w:J. I. Packer 1994 ...who, in discussing the Puritan position, declared: ‘I want a Brigitte Bardot who can lead a Bible class’ en 2009 Andrew Braithwaite Toronto, je t'aime! Christina Palassio; Alana Wilcox The Edible City: Toronto's Food from Farm to Fork http://books.google.com.au/books?id=ZbSvZVDVXIEC&pg=PT20&dq=%22the+Brigitte+Bardot+of%22%22Brigitte+Bardots%22+loan+-intitle:%22Brigitte+-Bardot%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=fuoGT9KBMIrfmAXqm9GPAg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22the%20Brigitte%20Bardot%20of%22%22Brigitte%20Bardots%22%20loan%20-intitle%3A%22Brigitte%20-Bardot%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false unnumbered Paris is the greatest food city in the world – the Rolls Royce, the Château d'Yquem, the Brigitte Bardot of gastronomic capitals. en Australia finance informal A back-to-back loan. en 3 March 1992 w:Michael Rozenes http://www.cdpp.gov.au/Media/Speeches/19920303mr.aspx Prosecuting Regulatory Offenders These practices included back to back loans (in some quarters colloquially termed Brigitte Bardot′s from the initials B.B.),. en 1995 w:The Bulletin 5953-5959 http://books.google.com.au/books?id=cBMYAQAAIAAJ&q=%22the+Brigitte+Bardot+of%22%22Brigitte+Bardots%22+loan+-intitle:%22Brigitte+-Bardot%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22the+Brigitte+Bardot+of%22%22Brigitte+Bardots%22+loan+-intitle:%22Brigitte+-Bardot%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Jd8GT_iUEu6ViQeUhvnBCQ&redir_esc=y 77 This is a back-to-back loan, sometimes called BBs or Brigitte Bardots.