hawkshaw
hawkshaw
dated A detective. "Hawkshaw" was a detective in English dramatist Tom Taylor's 1863 play The Ticket of Leave Man. I don't trust that man at all. I bet he's a hawkshaw, looking to discover our true identities.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- a man after (one's) own heart
- a man, woman, etc. after your own heart
- a man/woman of few words
- a man of few words
- a man/woman of the world
- a man of the world
- a ladies' man
- a man of parts
- a man/woman of parts