The Barrison Sisters used the term in a risque Vaudeville act in the late 19th century:
In their most famous act, the sisters would dance, raising their skirts slightly above their knees, and ask the audience, "Would you like to see my pussy?" When they had coaxed the audience into an enthusiastic response, they would raise up their skirts, revealing that each sister was wearing underwear of their own manufacture that had a live kitten secured over the crotch.Via Turn of the Century.
Mrs Slocombe in her youth no doubt.
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I guess bad taste is timeless.
ReplyDeleteWow! such beauty, such wonder!
ReplyDeleteonce again, i find i was born TOO LATE
ReplyDeleteA live kitten? O.o Bit much, isn't it? Didn't they have Hello Kitty underpants back then?
ReplyDeleteLater they renamed the act "The Aristocats!"
ReplyDeleteI was one of those kittens in a previous life.
ReplyDeleteOld jokes seems so timeless!
ReplyDeletepoor cats
ReplyDeleteThe Merry Macs sang this in 1938: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-J94Xb6j8-U
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