hawkshaw

hawk shaw |ˈhôkˌSHô ˈhɔkˌʃɔ | ▶noun informal, dated a detective. ORIGIN early 20th cent.: from the name of a detective in the play The Ticket-of-Leave Man by Tom Taylor (1817 –80 ), English dramatist; also portrayed in the comic strip Hawkshaw the Detective by Augustus Charles (“Gus ”) Mager (1878 –1956 ), American cartoonist.

hawkshaw

hawk |shaw |ˈhɔːkʃɔː | ▶noun informal, dated or N. Amer. a detective. ORIGIN early 20th cent.: from the name of a detective in the play The Ticket-of-Leave Man by Tom Taylor (1817 –80 ), English dramatist; also portrayed in the comic strip Hawkshaw the Detective by Augustus Charles (‘Gus ’) Mager (1878 –1956 ), American cartoonist.