name
Meaning 1
A surname.
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Standard Lemma guide
hawkshaw
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name
Meaning 2
A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD7515).
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name
Meaning 3
A suburb of Darwen, Blackburn with Darwen district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD6823).
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name
Meaning 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)
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name
Meaning 5
A community in York County, New Brunswick, Canada.
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name
Meaning 6
A government town near Moockra, South Australia.
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noun
Meaning 7
A detective.
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Usage: dated, obsolete
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noun
Meaning 8
someone who is a detective
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: detective, investigator, tec, police detective
History
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.