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ecdysiast

American  
[ek-diz-ee-ast, -ist] / ɛkˈdɪz iˌæst, -ɪst /

noun

  1. stripper.

ecdysiast British  
/ ɛkˈdɪzɪˌæst /

noun

  1. a facetious word for stripper

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Etymology

Origin of ecdysiast

ecdysi(s) + -ast; coined by H. L. Mencken in 1940

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Ann Corio, 27, onetime ecdysiast No. 1 of burlesque; and Vaudevillian Robert Williams, 32; both for the second time; last month; in Mexico.

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