Antedating of "Strip-Teaser"

[Joel S. Berson]

At 4/13/2014 01:18 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.

I wondered also.  In the period Fred is now in, the 1920s-1930s of
Prohibition (as well as at other times), alcohol was described as
"seductive".  Although GBooks does not find "intoxication-seductive"
or variations when quoted.

Joel


>Kate
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>On Apr 13, 2014, at 9:18 AM, Shapiro, Fred wrote:
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> > Subject:      Antedating of "Strip-Teaser"
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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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