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How to pronounce hawkshaw in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms dick, gumshoe
Type of detective, investigator, police detective, tec

Examples of hawkshaw

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Last week, Tracy, his snap-brim hat and two-way radio intact, celebrated his 50th year as a cartoon hawkshaw.
From the time.com
Hawkshaw set Irish comedian Dave Allen afloat on a sea of Hammond organ cool, suggestive of smoky late night clubs and one too many whiskeys.
From the guardian.co.uk
Hawkshaw was chosen to make the inquiry, and it was because his report was entirely favourable that Ferdinand de Lesseps was able to say at the opening ceremony that to him he owed the canal.
From the en.wikipedia.org
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  • Dick: someone who is a detective
  • Hawkshaw is a fictional character, a mutant in the Marvel Comics Universe. His first appearance was in Uncanny X-Men #235.