[Ads-l] Antedating of "Strip Poker"

[Shapiro, Fred]

strip poker (OED 1929)

1906 _L.A. Daily Times_ 16 Feb. 1 (Newspapers.com)  The chorus girls of one of the last comic-opera companies which visited Los Angeles introduced the young bloods to a new fascinating game called "strip poker." ... The cards are held by the young men.  The girls sit by to watch.  At the end of every hand, all the girls whose young men have lost, proceed to remove one article of wearing apparel.  The game continues until -- well, for a long time.

Fred Shapiro


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