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

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

There have been a few discussion threads in the past about “strip
poker”, “strip euchre”, “dress euchre”, “strip tunk”
The excellent July 12, 1904 citation in The Tulsa Chief was posted by
James Eric Lawson last year

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On Sun, Oct 16, 2022 at 7:18 AM Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:
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> strip poker (OED 1929)
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> 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.
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> Fred Shapiro
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