poppy-show n.1
(later use N.Z.) an inadvertent display of one’s underclothes, orig. those made of red or brown flannel.
![]() | DSUE (1984) 911/2: late C.19–early 20. | |
![]() | (con. WWII) | Soldiers’ Women (1978) 250: Up came the full white skirt about her middle, presenting such a poppy-show [that] no one did anything but stare.|
![]() | Pagan Game (1969) 51: The poppy shows with the Robertson tart in the pine plantation. | |
![]() | Aus. Women’s Wkly 1 Aug. 13/2: Any intimate glimpse of feminine garments [...] was called a ‘poppy show’. |