Sherlock
suomi-englanti sanakirjaSherlock englanniksi
sherlock
(surname).
(given name).
A detective, especially used sarcastically to address somebody who has stated the obvious.
(ux)
To deduce.
(syn)
1921, Eleanor Hallowell Abbott, ''Rainy Week'', E. P Dutton (1921), page 77:
- "Anybody could have Sherlocked at a glance," sniffed young Kennilworth, "that it had been packed by a crazy person!"
{{quote-book|en|year=1921|author=C. N. Williamson; A. M. Williamson|title=The Brightener|pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=Ao84AQAAMAAJ&q=%22sherlocked%22|page=274|publisher=Doubleday
{{quote-book|en|year=1997|author=Bharati Mukherjee|title=Leave It to Me|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=ftngOm2Y_OYC&pg=PT48&dq=%22sherlocked%22|publisher=Fawcett Columbine|year_published=1997|isbn=9780307792297
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To search.
{{quote-book|en|year=1908|title=The Blue and Gold|volume=35|pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=oCI2AQAAIAAJ&q=%22sherlocked%22|page=52
{{quote-journal|en|year=1917|journal=The National Provisioner|section=Volume 56, Part 1, page 33
{{quote-journal|en|year=1919|journal=Theatre Magazine|volume=29-30|pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=ROMxAQAAMAAJ&q=%22sherlocked%22|page=24
To obsolete a unique feature in third-party software by introducing a similar or identical feature to the OS or a first-party program/app. (defdate)
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