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hawkshaw — detective, U.S. slang, from name of the detective in The Ticket of Leave Man, 1863 play by English dramatist Tom Taylor (1817 1880); it also was used in the comic strip Hawkshaw the Detective (1913 1947) by U.S. cartoonist Gus Mager (1878 1956).… … Etymology dictionary
hawkshaw — noun Etymology: from Hawkshaw, detective in the play The Ticket of Leave Man (1863) by Tom Taylor Date: 1888 detective … New Collegiate Dictionary
Hawkshaw the Detective — was a comic strip character featured in an eponymous cartoon serial by Gus Mager between 1913 and 1922, and again from 1931 to 1952. The name of Mager s character was derived from the common American slang of the time, in which a hawkshaw meant a … Wikipedia
Hawkshaw — may refer to:People* Alan Hawkshaw, a composer and performer * John Hawkshaw, an English engineer. * Kirsty Hawkshaw, a British dance/electronica/house artist and songwriter.* Hawkshaw the Detective, a comic strip character. * Hawkshaw Hawkins, a … Wikipedia
hawkshaw — ☆ hawkshaw [hôk′shô΄] n. [after a character in The Ticket of Leave Man, a play by Tom Taylor (1817 80), Eng dramatist ] Informal a detective … English World dictionary
hawkshaw — /hawk shaw /, n. a detective. [1900 05; after Hawkshaw, a detective in the play The Ticket of Leave Man (1863) by Tom Taylor] * * * … Universalium
detective — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. investigator, agent; policeman, plainclothesman, operative, shadow, undercover man; house detective, floorwalker; private investigator, private eye; Sherlock Holmes; sleuth[hound] (inf.); gumshoe,… … English dictionary for students
hawkshaw — hawk•shaw [[t]ˈhɔkˌʃɔ[/t]] n. a detective • Etymology: 1900–05; after Hawkshaw, a detective in the play The Ticket of Leave Man (1863) by Tom Taylor … From formal English to slang
detective — Synonyms and related words: Bow Street runner, FBI, FBI agent, Federal, G man, MP, Secret Service, Sherlock, Sherlock Holmes, T man, asker, bailiff, beadle, beagle, bound bailiff, captain, catchpole, catechist, chief of police, commissioner,… … Moby Thesaurus
hawkshaw — n Detective. Mildred hired some two bit hawkshaw to follow me around and make sure I m not seeing someone else. 1900s … Historical dictionary of American slang
hawkshaw — noun someone who is a detective • Syn: ↑dick, ↑gumshoe • Usage Domain: ↑colloquialism • Hypernyms: ↑detective, ↑investigator, ↑tec, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
