Tijuana Bible

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== English == === Alternative forms === Tijuana bible === Etymology === From Tijuana, deriving from the incorrect belief that these were smuggled across the US-Mexico border, plus Bible, used ironically in this context due to the publications' pornographic nature. Attested since the 1950s. === Noun === Tijuana Bible (plural Tijuana Bibles) (slang) A kind of palm-sized pornographic comic book produced in the United States from the 1920s to the early 1960s. Synonyms: blue bible, bluesie, eight-pager, Jo-Jo book, Tillie and Mac book, two-by-four === References === “Tijuana bible n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present