Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. a thief, usu. a woman, who specializes in luring young children into secluded places, where they are stripped of their clothes, which are later sold, and left naked in the street.

1866

Wild Boys of London I 123/1: She has an enemy a hundred times more dangerous than the child-stripper.

2. (US Und.) a thief who removes all valuable parts from a car.

1924		G. Henderson Keys to Crookdom 28: Strippers, who either divest a car of spare tires, motormeters, spot lights and tools as it stands on the street or who drive it to some secluded spot and strip it of every article of value.
1927		F.M. Thrasher Gang 14: [T]he notorious ‘Forty-Twos’ who started as automobile ‘strippers’ and who have prospered as window-smashing burglars.
1950		Goldin et al. DAUL 214/1: Strip a crate. To jack up a car and steal the tires and accessories.