Date:    Thu, 26 Feb 1998 09:05:19 -0500
<br>From:    Jesse T Sheidlower  jester[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]PANIX.COM 
<br>Subject: Re: Fruit boots (was thongs/zoris)
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<br>  When I was a grad student in Fayetteville, Ark.,  about 1960-61, we
<br>  referred to certain kinds of footware as "fruit boots." I have not heard
<br>  that for many years. I picked the term up from a gay man from Columbus,
<br>  Mo. Is the term still around? Was it widespread?
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<br>We have eight cites in HDAS for this term, from 1960 to 1982. I don't
<br>think I've heard the term myself recently.
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<br>Jesse Sheidlower
<br> jester[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]panix.com 
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