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And one of your hardest- the only references I can fid to it are from the very book you're reading. This text suggests it's a catchphrase that shows an influence of Thomas Pynchon, if that helps: http://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/lpop/e...mccarron24.htm
In other words, it's a a nonsense phrase.
Shoot me a beet? 
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