Antedating of "Strip Poker"

[Fred Shapiro]

strip poker (OED 1929)

1914 _L.A. Times_ 9 Apr. II9  Juvenile officers of the city and county
held a consultation yesterday over the principals in the "strip poker"
party that is alleged to have occurred in a house at No. 1261 West
Twenty-third street, Monday night, when the participants were arrested.

Fred Shapiro


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