Tijuana Bible
Definitions
A kind of palm-sized pornographic comic book produced in the United States from the 1920s to the early 1960s.
Examples
“MR BARNES. I would say⟳ that the most prevalent [pornographic literature] would be the type⟳ known to us, or in the language of the people who deal⟳ in it, ... the Tijuana Bible, a small [cartoon] booklet about 2 by 3 inches, that is very lewd and very obscene in its character. ... [I]t [shows all types of sexual perversions].”
““You acquainted with the Tijuana Bibles?” ¶ “I've heard a lot goes on in those border⟳ towns but not much that calls for religious reference works.” ¶ “These bibles they don't use⟳, they make⟳, and fast as they come⟳ off the presses they go over the border⟳.””
“It was a Tijuana bible. They sold them in the newspaper kiosk in the Jardin Obregon, under the counter.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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