Green’s Dictionary of Slang

as collective n., the pubic hair; also in sing., a pubic hair.

[1721		document in B. Eriksson ‘A Lesbian Execution in Germany’ in Journal Homosexuality (1980/81) VI Fall/Winter 31: She had made a penis of stuffed leather with two stuffed testicles made from pig’s bladder attached to it and had tied it to her pubes with a leather strap.
1870		Cythera’s Hymnal 66: And your loins, and your pubes, are sticky and wet, / These sticky with semen, those flowing with sweat.
1958		Southern & Hoffenberg Candy (1970) 77: She suppressed an impulse to cover her adorable pubes.
1966		(con. 1958) R. Farina Been Down So Long (1972) 48: They stripped him down [...] right down to the pubes, man.
1967–8		Baker et al. CUSS 177: Pubies Pubic hairs.
1976		E. Thompson Caldo Largo (1980) 81: Her pubes were neatly trimmed and shaped like a valentine.
1977		(con. 1941) R. Beilby Gunner 286: The turquoise mound of pubes thrust forward, gyrating.
1977		J. Sayles Union Dues (1978) 14: I’m still missing half of my pubies from the first day here.
1982		(con. 1970) J.M. Del Vecchio 13th Valley (1983) 329: There. On my soap. You fucken pig. Yer pubies.
1985		B. Humphries Traveller’s Tool 102: Apparently there is a big demand for them by models and strippers who have to shave off their pubes for work.
1989		M. Amis London Fields 166: The redhead climbed from the bath and reached for the – Oi! Hint of pube there.
1990		S. Morgan Homeboy 22: She concentrated on fluffing her pubes with a broken-toothed comb.
1996		K. Lette Mad Cows 53: It’s not just the grey pube.
1998		A. Warner Sopranos 30: Your pubes fall out too!
1999		Guardian Guide 31 July–6 Aug. 28: Cook has the ginger pubes.
2000		N. Barlay Crumple Zone 162: The footbridge that curls over the canal like a pube.
2007		C. Goffard Snitch Jacket 153: Pixilated black dots floated over their pubes and titties.
2007		J. Stahl ‘Pure’ in Love Without 163: What kind of dude shaves his pubeys? Hello!
2012		T. Robinson ‘Biggest Dick in Brooklyn’ in Dirty Words [ebook] ‘Why the fuck don’t he have no pubes’.