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behave inconveniently
inconvenience again, see entry on page 401.

Calvert agent
Calvert County Realtors - Calvert Agents In Maryland.

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Brunswick style
worn with a petticoat, the Brunswick was an informal gown or Riding Habit. A riding habit consisted of a petticoat, jacket, and waistcoat.

wine-colored Cordovan
a favorite boot color of TRP's. There is a "wine-cordovan boot" on page 121 of ATD, also a female's.

French Court heels
Ladies of the French court once carried canes to support themselves on uncomfortable high heels. Heels became lower after the French Revolution, not surprisingly.

Phrygioid if not Phrygian
According to unvarying tradition the Phrygians were most closely akin to certain tribes of Macedonia and Thrace; and their near relationship to the Hellenic stock is proved by all that is known of their language and art, and is accepted by almost every modern authority.-- Encyclopedia Brittanica, 11 th edition. Pynchon's wit makes up the word Phrygioid to mean something like "like Phrygian" that is fake Phyrgian due to the prevalence of 'British modality'--preceding phrase.