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Sherlock, n.|ˈʃɜːlɒk|
[See Holmesian a. and n., and next.]
A person who investigates mysteries or shows great perceptiveness; a private detective.
1903G. V. Hobart Back to Woods iii. 57 ‘Down there, eh?’ snorted the country Sherlock. 1928D. L. Sayers Ld. Peter views Body 42 I'm riding with Freddy Arbuthnot,..as you might see by my legs, if you were really as big a Sherlock as you make out. 1932Kipling Limits & Renewals 178 We aren't exactly first-class Sherlocks. 1967N. Freeling Strike out where not Applicable 27 Mr. van der Valk, my dear, our police Sherlock. 1972‘L. Egan’ Paper Chase xii. 191 You'll have to turn Sherlock and solve the case yourself.
So ˈSherlock v. intr. and trans., to engage in detective work; to investigate (something), to make deductions about; ˈSherlockian, n. and a. (a) n. = Sherlock n.; (b) adj. pertaining to or characteristic of Sherlock Holmes; = Holmesian a.; ˈSherlockiˌana [-iana], things connected with Sherlock Holmes, writings about Sherlock Holmes; ˈSherlocking vbl. n., detective work.
1903Bookman XVII. 5/2 If you decipher this you are a real Sherlockian. 1913Manch. Guardian 15 Jan., Any man with a bundle or package was suspicious, so we ‘sherlocked’ around for a bit and watched him go into a barber's shop to get disguised by having his hair cut. There we ‘pinched’ him. 1920J. Galsworthy Foundations 1, in Plays (1929) 468 Don't call in the police!.. Let me do the Sherlocking for you. 1934Discovery Sept. 273/2 It is now close on four hundred years since that door was used and sandals trod those steps, but we are able to ‘Sherlock’ this detail of old times. 1937Stevens & Shorten How to watch Football Game vi. 51 No use in trying to Sherlock the next play. Anything can happen. 1942H. Haycraft Murder for Pleasure xiii. 276 Vincent Starrett's Private Life of Sherlock Holmes with its valuable appended bibliography of Sherlockiana. 1957J. Kerouac On Road (1958) 135 They tried some amateur Sherlocking by asking the same questions twice. 1959Listener 3 Dec. 993/1 A startling piece of detective work, followed up with exact, devoted, Sherlockian tenacity. 1962W. S. Baring-Gould Sherlock Holmes 263 Late 1895–late 1896 called by many Sherlockian commentators ‘The Missing Year’, and the subject of much learned speculation. 1963‘G. Carr’ Lewker in Norway i. 25 You're really disappointed because you can't go Sherlocking after that young man. 1972E. Routley Puritan Pleasures of Detective Story ii. 27 This is not a contribution to Sherlockiana, but the..cult of Sherlock Holmes is itself..in the field of our enquiry. 1975Daily Tel. 27 May 14/3 He..had built up an outstanding collection of Sherlockiana, including such rarities as a copy of the Beeton's Christmas Annual of 1887 in which the first Holmes adventure..was originally published. 1977New Yorker 20 June 71/1 He lights his pipe. It is long and low and looks somewhat Sherlockian. |