Antedating of "Strip-Teaser"

[Laurence Horn]

On Apr 13, 2014, at 1:18 PM, Spanbock/Svoboda-Spanbock wrote:

> I think 'sex-seductive' is an interesting expression. Seems like sex is implied most of the time when you hear the word 'seductive' now.

Indeed; cf. also "suggestive" and often "provocative".  And even "immoral" tends not to refer, ceteris paribus, to behavior that exploits or denies help to the poor, powerless, and downtrodden.

LH
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> On Apr 13, 2014, at 9:18 AM, Shapiro, Fred wrote:
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>> strip-teaser (OED 1930)
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>> 1928 _Billboard_ 1 Dec. 37 (Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive)  Mae B=
>> rown continues as the sex-seductive strip-teaser, stopping the show with he=
>> r first number.
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>> [NOTE:  Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive has some occurrences of "st=
>> rip-teaser" earlier in 1928, but in the meaning "the action of performing a=
>> strip-tease" rather than "a person who performs a strip-tease."
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>> Fred Shapiro
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