"strippery" meaning in English

See strippery in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more strippery [comparative], most strippery [superlative]
Etymology: From stripper + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|stripper|y}} stripper + -y Head templates: {{en-adj}} strippery (comparative more strippery, superlative most strippery)
  1. Resembling or characteristic of a stripper.
    Sense id: en-strippery-en-adj-6Bo--p9a
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Forms: stripperies [plural]
Etymology: From strip + -ery. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|strip|ery}} strip + -ery Head templates: {{en-noun}} strippery (plural stripperies)
  1. (colloquial) An establishment offering striptease or other erotic dancing. Tags: colloquial Synonyms (establishment offering striptease): strip club, strip joint [colloquial]
    Sense id: en-strippery-en-noun-dY9xvUpw Disambiguation of 'establishment offering striptease': 88 12
  2. (colloquial, uncountable) Erotic dancing incorporating stripping. Tags: colloquial, uncountable
    Sense id: en-strippery-en-noun-2wMWSRKR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ery, English terms suffixed with -y, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 38 51 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ery: 38 62 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 6 37 58 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 39 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 37 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1966, William Stevens, chapter 6, in The Peddler, Boston: Little, Brown & Co., page 84:",
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          "ref": "1971, Don Pendleton, chapter 8, in The Executioner: Assault On Soho, New York: Pinnacle Books, page 73:",
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