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▪ I. Watson1|ˈwɒtsən|
The name of the doctor who was the stolid, faithful assistant and foil to the detective Sherlock Holmes in the stories of A. Conan Doyle, used allusively of one who acts similarly as a stooge or audience, esp. for a detective.
1927R. A. Knox Three Taps vi. 52 Watson-work meant that Angela tried to suggest new ideas to her husband under a mask of carefully assumed stupidity. 1946D. L. Sayers Unpopular Opinions 188 The story is told by the detective's fidus Achates or (to use the modern term) his Watson. 1953Wodehouse Performing Flea 18, I wonder what an oesteopath does if a patient suddenly comes apart in his hands. (‘Quick, Watson, the seccotine!’). 1958B. Hamilton Too Much of Water x. 228 I've been..a sort of yes-man or Watson to him. a1976A. Christie Autobiogr. (1977) v. v. 282, I was..tied to two people: Hercule Poirot and his Watson, Captain Hastings. 1981Craig & Cadogan Lady Investigates ii. 48 Mrs Lucilla Wiggins, the ‘Watson’ figure in the cases of Mrs Herlock Shomes.
▪ II. Watson2 Austral.|ˈwɒtsən|
[Allegedly the name of two Australian brothers who were noted betters about the turn of the century: cf. S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. (ed. 2, 1966) xii. 273–4.]
In catch-phr. to bet like the Watsons: to wager large sums.
1949L. Glassop Lucky Palmer 163 Bet well ? You bet like the Watsons. 1954T. Ronan Vision Splendid 76 The survey-party is chequed-up to the skies and while they've got it they'll bet like the Watsons. 1967F. Hardy Billy Borker yarns Again 140 I'd bet like the Watsons meself if I had a million quid in the bank. |