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

[Charles C Doyle]

But there's the half-assed old woman in _Candide_ . . . .

--Charlie

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From: American Dialect Society [ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] on behalf of Ben Zimmer [bgzimmer at BABEL.LING.UPENN.EDU]
Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2012 12:24 PM

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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 . . . .

Or even matched triplets. Cue Monty Python...

http://www.montypython.net/scripts/man3butt.php

--bgz

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