HAWKSHAW

PRONUNCIATION: (HAWK-shaw)

MEANING: noun: A detective.

ETYMOLOGY: After the name of a detective in the 1863 play
The Ticket-of-Leave Man by Tom Taylor. The character also
appeared in the comic strip Hawkshaw the Detective
by Gus Mager. Earliest documented use: 1863.
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HAWKSLAW - the relationship between size and force on a solid object,
as described by Robert Hawks in the 17th Century
("Stress is proportional to Strain")

HAWKSHAWL - what Hawkwoman wears when she's chilled

HAWKSHOW - a convention of falconers