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

[Victor Steinbok]

Funny--the entire Google finds only one instance of "hop the
hickories"--and it's twice on one page (one in the image, another in a
comment further down).

http://goo.gl/xyyFF

     VS-)

On 5/12/2012 8:33 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> ...
> Montana uses a number of expressions that strike me as ad-hoc and for the
> nonce. Certainly I've never seen them before and they have a factitious
> sound. Examples: "crack knees" (dance), "drip-lip" (a 'drip'), "tight as a
> sailor's britches," "hop the hickories" (go skiing), "feeble greeble"
> (weakling), "flick a lid" (take a look), "gush-slush" (romantic lyrics),
> etc.
> ...

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