Talk:The Alchemist (play)

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First appearance of "Dildo"

Is there a source for this? I know the word appears in Nashe, who was certainly writing earlier than The Alchemist, and also in the Elegies of John Donne, which were probably written before the Alchemist, if not, perhaps, printed before it. I seem to recall that my edition of either Nashe or Donne made a point of pointing out that the word appears much earlier than is commonly claimed, and then is given in most dictionaries. (Eeesh 11:32, 23 February 2007 (UTC))