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Shadwell

[ shad-wel, -wuhl ]
/ ˈʃædˌwɛl, -wəl /
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noun
Thomas, 1642?–92, English dramatist: poet laureate 1688–92.
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Shadwell
/ (ˈʃædwəl) /

noun
Thomas. ?1642–92, English dramatist; poet laureate (1688–92). He was satirized by Dryden
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