Green’s Dictionary of Slang

lesbian; thus the punning phr. les-be-friends.

1962		R. Hauser Homosexual Society Appendix 3, 167: Les-be-friends, an affair between two women.
1980		E. Folb Runnin’ Down Some Lines 160: There’s a lotta lesbie women roun’ here [...] Dey real fiendish. Jus’ don’ like men!
1996		(con. 1970) G. Moxley Danti-Dan in McGuinness Dazzling Dark (1996) I ix: cactus: Lesbe friends and go homo. dolores: Haha very funny.