Antedating of "Striptease"

[Laurence Horn]

On Apr 12, 2014, at 10:40 PM, Shapiro, Fred wrote:

> "Died" is in the original.

Right; I was assuming the typo (or eggcorn) was in the original; I can imagine similar reanalyses today (a sort of blend of "dyed in the wool" and "die-hard", if you prefer), but they're hard to search because of all the times the phrase is used in titular puns for mystery or crime novels involving knitting and/or sheep, including one by Ngaio Marsh.  (No doubt New Zealand is a prominent venue for many such mysteries.)  This one, though, doesn't seem to involve sheep but it is in the general spirit of the 1931 Billboard cite for "striptease":

"I am a died-in-the-wool old fuddy-duddy, and i don't get all the fuss over Miley Cyrus"

LH


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> On Apr 11, 2014, at 9:29 PM, Shapiro, Fred wrote:
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>> 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.
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> LH
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>> burlesque fan ... is fed up on the "strip tease racket".
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>> Fred Shapiro
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