sherlock
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lɒk noun Informal.
1.
a private detective.
2.
a person remarkably adept at solving mysteries, especially by using insight and logical deduction: Who's the sherlock who can tell me where my pen is?
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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 |
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Word Origin & History
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, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
Sherlock rarely lets go of his, but has been known to fire a gun at the walls out of sheer boredom.
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