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Word: Hawkshaw
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
early 20th century: from the name of a detective in the play The Ticket-of-Leave Man by Tom Taylor (1817–80), English dramatist; also portrayed in the comic strip Hawkshaw the Detective by Augustus Charles (‘Gus’) Mager (1878–1956), American cartoonist
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈhɔːkʃɔː
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a detective.
Short Definition:detective
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