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Old 01-May-2004, 00:23
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Originally Posted by tdol
If he was a particularly handsome man, it could be a cheap pun on 'bard', which is associated with Shakespeare, hence used to denote the best.
I recently saw a play in New York called "The Beard of Avon". The idea was that Will Shakespeare was a country bumpkin who signed the plays for the real author.
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