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   From: a24061@ducksburg.com   
      
   On 2024-07-03, Antonio Marques wrote:   
      
   > Hibou  wrote:   
   >> 'Panties' for menswear goes back to ~1845 ("now   
   >> rare"), for women's underpants to ~1904.   
   >>   
   >> "As she laid herself out to stride, the other fellows used to get a fine   
   >> exhibition of absolutely naked girl from the waist down (for panties   
   >> were the rare exception, and not the rule then)" - 'Sydney Sportsman',   
   >> 1904/08/24.   
   >>   
   >   
   > To when may the use of 'naked girl' as a mass noun go back?   
      
   It's unusual, but it seems comparable with other phrases for exposure,   
   e.g., "a flash of bare leg".   
      
      
      
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