1947 citing in Archie Comic of "butthole." What did it mean?

[Laurence Horn]

GMTA.

LH

On May 9, 2012, at 12:58 PM, Charles C Doyle wrote:

> But there's the half-assed old woman in _Candide_ . . . .
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> --Charlie
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> On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 12:06 PM, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC wrote:
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>> [Wilson Gray:]
>>> But, it takes a *matched pair* of buttocks to make a single "butt."
>>> right?
>>
>> Are you suggesting that unmatched pairs of buttocks are out there?  The
>> mind reels . . . .
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> Or even matched triplets. Cue Monty Python...
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> http://www.montypython.net/scripts/man3butt.php
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> --bgz
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