subs. phr. (common).—NEAT (q.v.) gin (GROSE): orig. STRIP-ME-NAKED (Jack Randall’s Diary, 1820): also as adj. = unadulterated.
1830. BULWER-LYTTON, Paul Clifford, iv. His “bingo” was unexceptionable; and as for his “STARK-NAKED,” it was voted the most brilliant thing in nature.
