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STRIPTEASER

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strip⋅teas⋅er

[strip-tee-zer]
–noun
stripper (def. 3).

Origin:
1935–40; striptease + -er 1

strip⋅per

[strip-er]
–noun
1. a person who strips.
2. a thing that strips, as an appliance or machine for stripping.
3. Also called ecdysiast, exotic dancer, stripteaser. a person who performs a striptease.
4. a harvesting machine for stripping the seed heads from the stalks of grain.
5. a machine used in harvesting cotton to strip the bolls from the plants.
6. a chemical solution that removes varnish, paint, wax, etc., from a surface, as of furniture or flooring.
7. any of several rollers covered with card clothing that operate in combination with the worker rollers and the cylinder in the carding of fibers.
8. Printing. a worker who assembles and strips photographic negatives or positives for platemaking. Compare strip 2 (def. 10).

Origin:
1575–85; strip 1 + -er 1
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strip·tease   (strĭp'tēz')   
n.  A performance, as in a burlesque act, in which a person slowly removes clothing, usually to musical accompaniment.
strip'teas'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
stripper

  1. n.
    a striptease artist. : Strippers from all over assembled here for their fourth annual convention and immediately took off on a sight-seeing tour.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

stripper 
"strip-tease dancer" is from 1930, from strip (v.). Strip-tease itself is first recorded 1936, though strip and tease were both used in this sense in late 1920s.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: strip·per
Pronunciation: 'strip-&r
Function: noun
: a surgical instrument used for removal of a vein
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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