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Steely Dan refers to "Steely Dan III from Yokohama," a strap-on dildo from the novel The Naked Lunch by William Burroughs. Donald Fagen and Walter Becker were fans of Beat Generation literature.

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From a strap- on dildo in the Edgar Rice Borroughs novel, The Naked Lunch

The correct author is William S. Burroughs!!!

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Steely Dan named themselves after a sex toy mentioned in the novel 'Naked Lunch' by William Burroughs.

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I think it's from the game of marbles.

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