- Hawkshaw, the Detective
- сыщик ХокшоуПерсонаж комиксов [comic strip] (с 1913) художника Г. Мейджера [Mager, Gus]; американский Шерлок Холмс
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Hawkshaw, the Detective
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Hawkshaw the Detective — was a comic strip character featured in an eponymous cartoon serial by Gus Mager between 1913 and 1922, and again from 1931 to 1952. The name of Mager s character was derived from the common American slang of the time, in which a hawkshaw meant a … Wikipedia
hawkshaw — detective, U.S. slang, from name of the detective in The Ticket of Leave Man, 1863 play by English dramatist Tom Taylor (1817 1880); it also was used in the comic strip Hawkshaw the Detective (1913 1947) by U.S. cartoonist Gus Mager (1878 1956).… … Etymology dictionary
Hawkshaw — may refer to:People* Alan Hawkshaw, a composer and performer * John Hawkshaw, an English engineer. * Kirsty Hawkshaw, a British dance/electronica/house artist and songwriter.* Hawkshaw the Detective, a comic strip character. * Hawkshaw Hawkins, a … Wikipedia
hawkshaw — /hawk shaw /, n. a detective. [1900 05; after Hawkshaw, a detective in the play The Ticket of Leave Man (1863) by Tom Taylor] * * * … Universalium
hawkshaw — hawk•shaw [[t]ˈhɔkˌʃɔ[/t]] n. a detective • Etymology: 1900–05; after Hawkshaw, a detective in the play The Ticket of Leave Man (1863) by Tom Taylor … From formal English to slang
hawkshaw — ☆ hawkshaw [hôk′shô΄] n. [after a character in The Ticket of Leave Man, a play by Tom Taylor (1817 80), Eng dramatist ] Informal a detective … English World dictionary
hawkshaw — noun Etymology: from Hawkshaw, detective in the play The Ticket of Leave Man (1863) by Tom Taylor Date: 1888 detective … New Collegiate Dictionary
detective — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. investigator, agent; policeman, plainclothesman, operative, shadow, undercover man; house detective, floorwalker; private investigator, private eye; Sherlock Holmes; sleuth[hound] (inf.); gumshoe,… … English dictionary for students
List of years in comics — This page indexes the individual year in comics pages. Each year is annotated with significant events as reference points. NOTOC 2000s 1990s 1980s 1970s 1960s 1950s 1940s 1930s 1920s 1910s 1900s Pre 1900sBefore 1900s See also : Before 1900s in… … Wikipedia
List of newspaper comic strips A-L — Parent article: List of comic strips; Siblings: A L • M Z0 9* 13, rue de l espoir (1959 1972) by Paul Gillon, Jacques Gall and Francois Gall (France) * 9 Chickweed Lane (1993 ) by Brooke McEldowney (USA) * 9 to 5 (1990 ) by Harley Schwadron (USA) … Wikipedia
Comic-strip — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Strip. Les comic strips sont des bandes dessinées de quelques cases qui constituent soit de courts gags soit des histoires à suivre, publiées dans la presse quotidienne ou hebdomadaire. Aux États Unis, le comic… … Wikipédia en Français
