Sherlock
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sherlock
(surname).
(given name).
A detective (from ''Holmes''), especially used sarcastically to address somebody who has stated the obvious.
''— Where that arrow on the map says 'You are here', that must be where we are.''
''— Yeah, well done Sherlock.''
To deduce.
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1921, Eleanor Hallowell Abbott, ''Rainy Week'', E. P Dutton (1921), page 77:
- "Anybody could have Sherlocked at a glance," sniffed young Kennilworth, "that it had been packed by a crazy person!"
{{quote-book|en|year=1921|author=C. N. Williamson; A. M. Williamson|title=The Brightener|pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=Ao84AQAAMAAJ&q=%22sherlocked%22|page=274|publisher=Doubleday
{{quote-book|en|year=1997|author=Bharati Mukherjee|title=Leave It to Me|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=ftngOm2Y_OYC&pg=PT48&dq=%22sherlocked%22|publisher=Fawcett Columbine|year_published=1997|isbn=9780307792297
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To search.
{{quote-book|en|year=1908|title=The Blue and Gold|volume=35|pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=oCI2AQAAIAAJ&q=%22sherlocked%22|page=52
{{quote-journal|en|year=1917|journal=The National Provisioner|section=Volume 56, Part 1, page 33
{{quote-journal|en|year=1919|journal=Theatre Magazine|volume=29-30|pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=ROMxAQAAMAAJ&q=%22sherlocked%22|page=24
To obsolete a unique feature in third-party software by introducing a similar or identical feature to the OS or a first-party program/app. (defdate)
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