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sher⋅lock

  [shur-lok]
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–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?
Also, Sherʹlock.

Origin:
after Sherlock Holmes, fictitious detective created by Arthur Conan Doyle
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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.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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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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Slang Dictionary
Sherlock

  1. n.
    a term of address for someone who is clever or perceptive. (Often sarcastic. Based on the name of fictional detective. See also No shit, Sherlock!) : Brilliant deduction, Sherlock. I never would have guessed!
  2. n.
    one's pal or buddy. (A play on holmesor Sherlock Holmes.) : Come on, Sherlock, let's go!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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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, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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