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Barok van Zieks ([personal profile] winebar) wrote in [community profile] chasma 2021-10-02 01:46 pm (UTC)

[Googling tells me the term came from Pinkertons in 1884 so I'm going to say it didn't make it across the pond yet.]

I've never heard the term. As far as I know, Herlock Sholmes is the only self-styled "detective" in London.
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