subs. (common).—Nakedness; BUFF (q.v.); in NATURE’S GARB (q.v.)—the suit in which Adam and Eve first saw each other, and ‘were not ashamed’: s’habiller en sauvage.
1771. SMOLLETT, The Expedition of Humphry Clinker, I. 61. I went in the morning to a private place, along with the housemaid, and we bathed in our BIRTH-DAY SOOT.
1809. MALKIN, Gil Blas [ROUTLEDGE], 16. I will strip this holy father to his BIRTHDAY SUIT.
