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Word entry · 8 letters

sherlock

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"Famous fictional detective"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈʃɜɹ.lɒk/Part of speech nounSorted cehklorsStarts with SEnds with K1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information and assist in criminal investigations

Word origin

Supposedly from an Old English scir-locc (“bright-lock”).

Used in a sentence

  • — Where that arrow on the map says 'You are here', that must be where we are. — Yeah, well done Sherlock.
  • "Anybody could have Sherlocked at a glance," sniffed young Kennilworth, "that it had been packed by a crazy person!"
  • But almost at once I told myself that I ought to have Sherlocked the truth the moment this troubled, beautiful being had appeared on deck.

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