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Noun: hawkshaw  'hok,sho
Usage: informal
  1. Someone who is a detective
    - dick [N. Amer, informal], gumshoe [N. Amer, informal]

Derived forms: hawkshaws

Type of: detective, investigator, police detective, tec

Encyclopedia: Hawkshaw, New Brunswick