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

Mullins, Bill AMRDEC Bill.Mullins at US.ARMY.MIL
Mon Apr 30 16:07:20 UTC 2012


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> > They were spittoons, not cigarette urns. . . .Never saw one in the
movies, only in bars.

A spittoon plays prominently in "Rio Bravo" (1959), with John Wayne and
Dean Martin.
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