Sherlock Holmes vs shoofly

Sherlock Holmes

name
  • Any person who has or is considered to have great powers of observation and deduction. 

  • A series of novels by Arthur Conan Doyle about a consulting detective with keen observational awareness, astute logical reasoning and professional forensic skills; also related media based on the books, such as movies. 

  • The fictional detective who is the protagonist of the series. 

shoofly

noun
  • A device for throwing the track temporarily to one side for carrying out repairs, etc. 

  • A child's rocker having a seat supported between two boards cut and painted to resemble animals. 

  • A police officer assigned to keep tabs on other members of the police. 

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