Strip Poker

Baker, John JMB at STRADLEY.COM
Thu Mar 20 02:24:37 UTC 2003


The OED has 1929 for "strip poker."  Here's an antedating to 1926.  This line was not included in the movie version that's expected to clean up on Oscars Sunday.
 
>>Jake [_waves them aloft_]:  Bravo!  "You've read about 'em, boys, here they are:  what am I offered for the Famous Turquoise Garters?"  [_Breaks off in alarm as she seems bent on further disapparelment._]  Stop!  This is _not_ strip poker!<<
 
Maurine Watkins, Chicago, Act I (1926) (on pp. 47 - 48 of the 1997 reprint edition).  And, gratis for nothing, note the bonus "disapparelment."
 
 
John Baker
 


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