ATD, page 302, 3rd paragraph

[Dave Monroe]

On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 2:27 PM, Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com> wrote:

> http://people.virginia.edu/~sfr/enam312/prufrock.html
>
>> I'm assuming the "pavement nymphs" the paragraph later
>> mentions are just whores standing on the side pavement?
>
> nymph of the pavé n. (also girl…, pet…, …pave, …pavement) [nymph n.
> (1) + Fr. pavé, pavement]
>
> a prostitute, a street-walker
>
> http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199829941.001.0001/acref-9780199829941-e-33458

You can't spell "Oedipa" without "OED":

http://www.ottosell.de/pynchon/magiceye.htm
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