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sher⋅lock
[shur-lok] 
lɒk
–noun Informal.
| 1. | a private detective. |
| 2. | a person remarkably adept at solving mysteries, esp. by using insight and logical deduction: Who's the sherlock who can tell me where my pen is? |
Sher⋅lock
[shur-lok] –noun
| a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “fair-haired.” |
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| sher·lock also Sher·lock (shûr'lŏk') n. A detective. [After Sherlock Holmes, detective in stories by Arthur Conan Doyle.] |
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| Main Entry: | sherlock |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | a clever and perceptive person |
| Example: | That teenager is quite the sherlock. |
| Usage: | slang |
Sherlock
masc. proper name, lit. "fair-haired," from O.E. scir "bright" + locc "lock of hair." Slang for "private detective, perceptive person" (the latter often ironic) is attested from 1903, from A.C. Doyle's fictional character Sherlock Holmes.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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