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Sherlock Holmesy
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English
Etymology
From en Sherlock Holmes y.
Adjective
Resembling or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes.
en 1951 Roland Pertwee The River God 7 http://books.google.com/books?id=DVxDAAAAIAAJ&q=%22holmesy+kind+of+cap%22& And he wore a Sherlock Holmesy kind of cap with a swarm of salmon flies upon it, that to my boyish fancy was more splendid than a crown.
en 2004 Graham Masterton The Devil in Gray http://books.google.com/books?id=nfBt-l5X1TUC&q=%22holmesy%22&dq=%22holmesy%22 225 Leisure Books 9780843953619 "Don't try to get all Sherlock Holmesy on me, Hicks. Sherlock Holmes wasn't always right.
en 2006 T. Lipshitz Lipshitz Six, or Two Angry Blondes http://books.google.com/books?id=bzwTcNRCoCkC&pg=PT340&dq=%22holmesy%22 Dutton 9781101213377 I dont know, he says, all Sherlock Holmesy in a cloud of smoke.
Synonyms
en Holmesish, en Sherlockish, en Sherlocky, en Sherlock Holmesque, en Sherlock Holmesish
See also
en Watsonish
en eponyms
en Sherlock Holmes