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hawkshaw

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Definition of hawkshaw

7 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (dated, obsolete)A detective.
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noun

  1. (dated, obsolete)A detective.

name

  1. A surname.
    “Not only has front woman Kirsty Hawkshaw replaced her space-age baldness with a glamorous new look, but the music that fills the act's EastWest album is far more complex and substantial […]”
  2. A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD7515).
  3. A suburb of Darwen, Blackburn with Darwen district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD6823).
  4. A tiny settlement on the Tweed, south-west of Tweedsmuir, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, at the mouth of Hawkshaw Burn (OS grid ref NT0722)
  5. A community in York County, New Brunswick, Canada.
  6. A government town near Moockra, South Australia.

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Etymology

From Hawkshaw the Detective, a character in Tom Taylor's 1863 play The Ticket of Leave Man. The name was later borrowed in the early 20th century for a character in an American comic strip.

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