strippery

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   An establishment offering striptease or other erotic dancing.

   • On [the platform] a lady was quivering and unzipping while three musicians sat cramped in a corner and blew the honky wail which was standard in every strippery.
   • It was Greenwich Village and Fisherman’s Wharf rolled into composite, an assortment of joints, dives, stripperies, fish-and-chip houses, fine restaurants of all nations, and ever-present discotheques and go-go palaces.
   • Crazy Cats […] is the prime strippery of Perth. Apart from the actual bareskin performers, the place features “See Thru Waitresses” every night except Sunday […]
2. 2

   Erotic dancing incorporating stripping.

   • Gerry Lee bumps and grinds out an unusual bit of strippery—and that G-string doesn’t stand for Girl, either!
   • Looking for a little lascivious late-night levity there on Sixth Street? Catch this sharp mix of old-school strippery and humor as one of Austin’s favorite burly-Q bevies busts out its new summertime show […]
3. 3

   Resembling or characteristic of a stripper.

   • The picture from the website for Guilty Pleasures flashed on the screen. Jason looked pretty, well, strippery in the picture.
   • “To me, it’s the rebel woman’s eye makeup, it’s garish, [it speaks to] the virgin/whore interplay. It’s like: ‘My makeup’s strippery, but I’m in control.’”

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