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HAWKSHAW
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hawkshaw mean?
• HAWKSHAW (noun)
The noun HAWKSHAW has 1 sense:
1. someone who is a detective
Familiarity information: HAWKSHAW used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who is a detective
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("hawkshaw" is a kind of...):
detective; investigator; police detective; tec (a police officer who investigates crimes)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
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