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

[Peter Reitan]

Peter Morris posted a 1904 example from the Phillips Exeter Academy yearbook, presumably written by June 1904 – but no specific date of publication other than the year.

https://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/ads-l/2021-April/159562.html

You can read the original source on my post about it.

https://esnpc.blogspot.com/2021/04/illicit-card-games-at-phillips-exeter.html

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There have been a few discussion threads in the past about =E2=80=9Cstrip
poker=E2=80=9D, =E2=80=9Cstrip euchre=E2=80=9D, =E2=80=9Cdress euchre=E2=80=
=9D, =E2=80=9Cstrip tunk=E2=80=9D
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 l=
ike "strip poker." After each hand, the player removes an article of clothi=
ng. The one who has the most clothes on at the end of the game gets the boo=
by prize.
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> Fred Shapiro
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