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发信人: watergod (共工), 信区: English
标 题: A.Word.A.Day--hawkshaw(转载)
发信站: 哈工大紫丁香 (2000年08月13日17:41:57 星期天), 转信
【 以下文字转载自 watergod 的信箱 】
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hawkshaw (HAWK-shaw) noun
A detective.
[After Hawkshaw, a detective in the play The Ticket of Leave Man (1863) by
Tom Taylor.]
"Conductor: Hawkshaw Junction. Change here Gumshoe, Flatfoot, Sleuthhound,
and Beagle."
Claire Boiko, Murder on the Orient Express Subway, Plays, Mar 1995.
This week's theme: eponyms derived from fact and fiction.
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