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Shakespeare used the word "punk" in 1623

• Scriptor 17y ago
  Shakespeare died in 1616. He did use it in 1604 in Measure for Measure, according to http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/punk http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/punk. In the same link, it was Samuel Butler who used the term in 1623.
  • mbriyo 17y ago
    true, but Measure for Measure was first printed in 1623...
    • Scriptor 17y ago
      But it was acted out long before then. :) Many of Shakespeare's works only entered written form after he died.