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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
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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.