[Ads-l] Further Antedating of "Strip Poker"

Shapiro, Fred fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Sun Oct 16 11:18:16 UTC 2022


strip poker (OED 1929)

1904 Tulsa Chief​ 12 July 1/3 (Newspapers.com)  "Dress euchre" is played like "strip poker." After each hand, the player removes an article of clothing. The one who has the most clothes on at the end of the game gets the booby prize.

Fred Shapiro

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