hawkshaw

hawk·shaw

noun \ˈhȯk-ˌshȯ\

Definition of HAWKSHAW

: detective

Examples of HAWKSHAW

1. <the firm hired a hawkshaw to find out who was fencing stock from their warehouse>

Origin of HAWKSHAW

from Hawkshaw, detective in the play The Ticket of Leave Man (1863) by Tom Taylor

First Known Use: 1888

Related to HAWKSHAW

Synonyms: dick, gumshoe, detective, investigator, operative, private detective, private eye, private investigator, shamus [slang], sherlock, sleuth, sleuthhound

Related Words: shadow, tail, tracer, tracker; fed, Federal, G-man, narc (or nark) [slang], plainclothesman

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Rhymes with HAWKSHAW

backsaw, band saw, bear claw, bedstraw, blue law, bucksaw, buzz saw, bylaw, case law, catclaw, cat's-paw, chain saw, Choctaw, coleslaw, Corn Law, crenshaw, cumshaw, cushaw, Danelaw, declaw, Esau, forepaw, fretsaw, glass jaw, grandma, grandpa, guffaw, hacksaw, handsaw, hee-haw, hurrah, in-law, jackdaw, jackstraw, jigsaw, kickshaw, last straw, leash law, lockjaw, lynch law, macaw, Moose Jaw, Nassau, old-squaw, outdraw, outlaw, pasha, pawpaw, pit saw, pooh-bah, poor law, rickshaw, ringtaw, ripsaw, scofflaw, scrimshaw, scroll saw, seesaw, shield law, southpaw, Skiddaw, tack claw, trishaw, tussah, undraw, Utah, Warsaw, whipsaw, wiredraw, withdraw