[Ads-l] Antedating of "Strip Tease"

[Shapiro, Fred]

strip tease (OED 1932)

1931 Billboard 6 June 28/2 (ProQuest)

The died-in-the-wool burlesque fan, however, is fed up on the "strip tease racket."

Fred Shapiro

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