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hawkshaw
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[ˈhɔːkʃɔː], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a detective
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Origin
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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
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