Cigarette nuts was Re: 1947 citing in Archie Comic of "butthole." What did it mean?

[Arnold Zwicky]

On Apr 25, 2012, at 7:04 AM, Arnold Zwicky wrote:
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> On Apr 25, 2012, at 4:29 AM, Amy West wrote:
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>> This reminds me of an eggcorn I've recently spotted, only once so far. There is a sign by the front door of a triple-decker house in our neighborhood that says
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>> Do not throw cigarette nuts on the ground.
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> i find only three google cites, and they're all from Liberia: ...
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> Amy, just where do you live?

more important: what do you know about the people who live in the house?

arnold

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