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Synonyms of sherlock
a person not on the police force who investigates criminal or illicit activity or searches for missing persons
- one of literature's most eccentric sherlocks, Nero Wolfe manages to solve mysteries without so much as leaving the confines of his own home
Synonyms for sherlock
- detective,
- dick,
- gumshoe,
- hawkshaw,
- investigator,
- operative,
- private detective,
- private eye,
- private investigator,
- shamus
- [slang],
- sleuth,
- sleuthhound
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The first known use of sherlock was in 1903
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