- Thomas (Ruggles). born 1937, US novelist, author of V (1963), The Crying of Lot 49 (1967), Gravity's Rainbow (1973), Mason and Dixon (1997), and Against the Day (2006)
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Pyn•chon
(pin′chən),USA pronunciation n.
- Biographical William, 1590?–1662, English colonist in America.
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Pynchon /ˈpɪntʃən/ n