hawkshaw

hawkshaw

(ˈhɔːkʃɔː) n (Law) a detective

hawk•shaw

(ˈhɔkˌʃɔ)

n. a detective. [1900–05; after Hawkshaw, a detective in the play The Ticket of Leave Man (1863) by Tom Taylor]

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hawkshaw - someone who is a detective dick, gumshoecolloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speechdetective, police detective, tec, investigator - a police officer who investigates crimes