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Shadwell

American  
[shad-wel, -wuhl] / ˈʃædˌwɛl, -wəl /

noun

  1. Thomas, 1642?–92, English dramatist: poet laureate 1688–92.


Shadwell British  
/ ˈʃædwəl /

noun

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

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At Shadwell, the resemblance between the Hollywood star on the walls and the then station assistant behind the barrier was impossible for commuters to ignore.

From BBC

Nazmush Shahadat escaped a deadly fire in 2023 at an HMO in Shadwell, east London.

From BBC

Thomas Jefferson inherited approximately 5,000 acres, including the Shadwell property and what would later become his Monticello estate.

From Literature

The third of ten children and the oldest boy, he was born on April 13, 1743, at Shadwell, the family plantation in Virginia’s Piedmont region.

From Literature

“They look almost like the fake spider web stuff that you buy at the Halloween store. It was very silky and sticky,” Bay Area resident Brook Shadwell told the San Francisco Chronicle.

From Washington Times