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

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Garson O'Toole wrote:
> >   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.

Bill Mullins wrote:
> 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

Excellent work, Bill. I suspect that 1948 was the first publication
year for the short story "The Miss".  Margaret Bonham published it in
both the magazine "Argosy" and the book "The Casino".
Garson

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