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Poirotian
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English
Etymology
From en Poirot ian.
Adjective
Of or relating to the fictional detective Hercule Poirot in the works of Agatha Christie.
en 2005 David E. Chinitz T. S. Eliot and the Cultural Divide 146 It is present, too, in The Confidential Clerk, with its multiple puzzles of parental identity and its twisting series of Poirotian revelations in the final scene
en 2011 Steve Boggs Letters to Dinah 74 For an outsider, you gain local knowledge slowly, have to sort of come at it indirectly, like a Poirotian detective, accumulating the facts and history of the people who have lived and live in your town.
en 1993 G. G. Vandagriff Voices in Your Blood 157 As you can see, each of the above programs is designed for a different user. What kind are you? A Poirotian detective with excellent computer skills and a healthy pocketbook?
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en Poirotesque
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