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Shakspere

American  
[sheyk-speer] / ˈʃeɪk spɪər /

noun

  1. William. Shakespeare, William.


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However, although I recall his leaving his Shakspere* class in the manner you describe, I do not recall his leaving the Chaucer class that way.

From Time Magazine Archive

"William, son of John Shakspere," was baptized in 1564 in the Church of the Holy Trinity in Stratford, England.

From Time Magazine Archive

His 700-page Will Shakspere and the Dyer's Hand is his second try at unmasking Shakespeare, and the result of 20 years' sniffing among Shakespearean data.

From Time Magazine Archive

Somebody else tries to prove that Shakspere, the country cutup, could not have written Shakespeare's plays and poems.

From Time Magazine Archive

For even long before the alleged exploits of Fonte, the fertile mind of Shakspere had conceived of Caliban and Ariel and other fancies of the age of Western adventure.

From The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce by Lyman, William Denison

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