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It is a non-sense word derived from Freddy Durkee, a minor character in Lewis Sinclair's Babbitt. In the first translation of the novel into Polish, the character was named Ferdy Durke, giving Gombrowicz the inspiration for the title. (He also included this character in a story, only published in 2007 in his new complete works in Polish, called Uszy, or ears.)

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