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Odekolon Pantalonovich Podbryushkin
Podbryushkin
also: Одеколон Панталонович Подбрюшкин
The addressee of a single frivolous visiting card a postman must labor to deliver -- a nonsense comic name pairing the given name "Eau de Cologne" and patronymic "Pantalonovich" (from pantaloons) with a surname built on под брюшком, "under the paunch."
Reading notes
- From the Notebook of Ivan Ivanych (Thoughts and Notes) §52 Odekolon Pantalonovich Podbryushkin
A nonsense high-society name -- "Eau de Cologne" as a given name, "Pantalonovich" (from pantaloons) as patronymic, "Podbryushkin" (roughly "under-the-paunch") as surname -- on a visiting card a postman labors to deliver.