Costanza wallet

Costanza wallet
 n.— «This week’s color Doonesbury comic talks about the bankruptcy of the “J. Pretensions” catalogue company. I thought Garry Trudeau would have used the real name. The Costanza wallet for him.» —“Doonesbury wimps out” Usenet: alt.tv.seinfeld Feb. 27, 1999. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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