XPost: alt.usage.english
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Hibou  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?

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