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Hawkshaw
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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hawkshaw
"detective," U.S. slang, from name of the detective in "The Ticket-of-Leave Man," 1863 play by Eng. dramatist Tom Taylor (1817-80); it also was used in the comic strip "Hawkshaw the Detective" (1913-1947) by U.S. cartoonist Gus Mager (1878-1956).
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