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From: Antonio Marques <no_email@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: "a Pair of Panties" ?????
Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2024 13:01:52 -0000 (UTC)
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Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> 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?