[Ads-l] Insult: Your mother wears army boots (Your mother, Yo momma)

[Bill Mullins]

>   The citation I presented from the "Oregon Daily Journal" was dated
>   August 26, 1947. "The Casino" was published after this date in 1948.
>   However, "The Casino" appears to be a collection of short stories. The
>   reference to "army boots" appeared in a short story titled "The Miss".
>   I am not sure when "The Miss" was originally published.

I don't know when "The Miss" was first published, but it was published in the
UK version of Argosy in the July 1948 issue:

http://www.philsp.com/homeville/fmi/n00/n00335.htm#A270

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