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Little Cosenza
a locale, possibly a Pynchon invention, Calabrian-flavored micro-enclave name riffing on real Chicago neighborhoods.

"Liberty, out for a stroll [...] around dawn"

1932 U.S. Half-Dollar

"Packard Custom Eight limousine [...] no chrome, no wax job, no shine, flat black all over"

1930 Packard Custom Eight Limo

<p style="class="clear:both"</p> "I call it spinach"
1930s slang meaning a sarcastic dismissal, i.e., "I call it nonsense," "I don’t buy it";

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 '''"Packard Custom Eight limousine [...] no chrome, no wax job, no shine, flat black all over"'''
 [[image:1930-Packard-Custom-Eight-Limo.jpg|thumb|150px|'''1930 Packard Custom Eight Limo'''|left]]
+<p style="class="clear:both"</p>
+'''"I call it spinach"'''<br />
+s slang meaning a sarcastic dismissal, i.e., "I call it nonsense," "I don’t buy it";