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Noun: sherlock  'shur,lók or shur-luk
  1. Someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information
    - private detective, PI, private eye, private investigator, operative, shamus

Derived forms: sherlocks

Type of: detective

Encyclopedia: Sherlock Sherlock, Jr

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