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Etymology
Probably related to (and perhaps simply a variant of) buck naked. It is not clear which of the two forms came first, but the earliest written evidence suggests buck naked is present some four decades earlier.
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butt-naked (not comparable)
- (Canada, US, informal) Stark naked, completely nude.
1998, John Peel, The Outer Limits: The Vanished, New York: Tor Kids, →ISBN, page 8:They could hardly have all marched off butt-naked.
2008, Chris Kovach, chapter 11, in Alcoholics Synonymous, →ISBN:He cannot picture life without alcohol, drugs or butt-naked rooftop escapades.
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