sherlock

sherlock
/sherr"lok/, n. Informal.
1. a private detective.
2. a person remarkably adept at solving mysteries, esp. by using insight and logical deduction: Who's the sherlock who can tell me where my pen is?
Also, Sherlock.
[after Sherlock Holmes, fictitious detective created by Arthur Conan Doyle]

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