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daedalus21 | 01:00 Tue 11th Mar 2008 | Word Origins
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What is a Jimp? I saw an old Ministry of Transport magazine advert from the Nineteen Forties featuring a Traffic Jimp, so I'm assuming it's a kind of imp, something mischievous to throw you off the right course. I can't find any detail.
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I found this:

http://journals.cambridge.org/production/actio n/cjoGetFulltext?fulltextid=443318
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