Antedating of "Striptease"

[Laurence Horn]

On Apr 11, 2014, at 9:29 PM, Shapiro, Fred wrote:

> striptease (OED 1936)
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> 1931 _Billboard_ 6 June 28 (Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive)  The died-in-the-wool
Wonder if that's an eggcorn or a simple typo.

LH


> burlesque fan ... is fed up on the "strip tease racket".
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> Fred Shapiro
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