Definitions
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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01“Famous fictional detective”8 letters
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