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peel
verb- to undress UK, 1785
- to perform a striptease US, 1948
Originally a term used by and with athletes, later by and with stripteasers. - I’’d dropped around to the 51 Club on Fifty-second Street, where she was then peeling[.] — Earl Wilson, I am Gazing Into My 8-Ball, p. 14, 1945
- One gal of our acquaintance who had made a respectable and comfortable living on the road (even in Boston) peeling in night clubs and theaters, was booked into one of our larger cafes. — Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer, New York Confidential, p. 38, 1948
- Rosie had wanted to peel completely in the darkened house[.] — Helen Giblo, Footlights, Fistfights and Femmes, p. 190, 1957
- They strut their stuff, peeling, slowly, piece by piece, before the music comes to an end and so does their act. — Adult Video, p. 15, August/September 1986
- to pry something open US
- [Y]ou know you’re home free, or if you’re peeling it you see that smoke come out. — The Digger Papers, p. 12, August 1968
- You can’t peel it, you can’t punch it; they’ve welded deals all around the outside so you can’t get a bit on it with your bar. — Bruce Jackson, Outside the Law, p. 95, 1972
- In either case, whether it’s in a house or an apartment, you never try to pop the door of the safe itself by peeling it or punching it till the pin hits the back of the safe. — Emmett Grogan, Ringolevio, p. 91, 1972
- The rest of the guys were peeling boxes all the time or burning them with torches. — Harry King, Box Man, p. 12, 1972
- He’d have to peel it open. He took the big cold chisel from his satchel and placed it in one corner of the first layer, in the crack between the safe door and the frame into which it was fitted. — Emmett Grogan, Final Score, p. 99, 1976
- While one man is keeping six, two others are either peeling or blowing the safe. — Thomas Renner and Cecil Kirby, Mafia Enforcer, p. 38, 1987
- A couple of hard blows and he peels the steering column. — Menace II Society, 1993
- (used of a pimp) to entice a prostitute away from her current pimp US
- Sometimes when this happens, the new pimp presents the old pimp with a banana peel wrapped in newspaper and says, “I just peeled your ‘ho.” — Washington Post, p. C5, 7 November 1993
- to fire a gun US
- I’ve seen fifteen-year-olds roll pipe bombs under taxis and peel a clip-a’-nines at a passing squad car. — Stephen J. Cannell, The Tin Collectors, p. 34, 2001
▶ get peeled
when filming a film or television programme, to extend the shooting into overtime for the crew US- — Anna Scotti and Paul Young, Buzzwords, p. 8, 1997
▶ peel caps
to shoot someone US- All I knew was we was gon’ find some ‘a them niggas, and peel they caps. — Menace II Society, 1993
▶ peel one off
to fart UK
Perhaps this should be “peal” for the ringing tones.- I’ve whistled in my Y-fronts / I’ve just peeled one off. — Ivor Biggun, I’ve Parted (Misprint), 1978
▶ peel wheels
to accelerate a car quickly, squealing the tyres and leaving rubber marks on the road US 1989.- — Ellen C. Bellone (Editor), Dictionary of Slang, p. 18, 1989
▶ peel your banana
to pull back the foreskin of your penis for inspection or as part of masturbating US- — Gary K. Farlow, Prison-ese, p. 49, 2002
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