stripagramn.
/ˈstrɪpəɡram/ A novelty telegram or greetings message intended to entertain or embarrass the recipient, which is sent through a commercial agency and delivered by a person (usually a girl) who performs a striptease on delivery.
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1981 N.Y. Post 12 Mar. 5/1 It's called ‘Strip-A-Gram’, the variation of the old singing telegram.
1983 K. Bryson et al. Compl. Naff Guide 46 Send a girlfriend a male singing strippergram on her birthday.
1983 Standard 1 Dec. 4/1 (advt.) A Stripagram.
1985 Newbury Weekly News 19 Dec. 32/2 There will be no mention of stripograms or policewomen, in any circumstances.
1990 Sunday Express Mag. 26 Aug. 54/4 I wondered if she'd enjoyed being a kissagram girl. She groaned. ‘I was particularly upset when they said I was a stripagram. I was a singing telegram.’
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