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stripper
(redirected from striptease)

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stripper
a device or substance for removing paint, varnish, etc.

stripper [′stripĀ·ər]
(chemical engineering)
An evaporative device for the removal of vapors from liquids; can be in a bubble-tray distillation tower, a vacuum vessel, or an evaporator; if it is a part of a distillation column below the feed tray, it is called the stripping section.
(engineering)
A hand or motorized tool used to remove insulation from wires.
(petroleum engineering)
A well from which oil production is quite small. Also known as stripper well.


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Language and seduction go hand in hand; descriptions of the house are like a striptease in which the body is revealed in strategic increments.
MGM releases another lesbian classic--Sandra Bernhard's concert film Without You I'm Nothing--on the same day, and her closing striptease remains as in-your-face as ever.
On the other hand, she was ``embarrassed'' by her body when filming a striptease for the remake of the horror film, ``House of Wax,'' with the tagline ``See Paris Die.
 
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