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Sherlock Holmes definition

Sher·lock· Holmes (s̸hʉr′läk′ hōmz′, hōlmz′)

a fictitious British detective with great powers of deduction, the main character in many stories by A. Conan Doyle

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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