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Sherlockiana

Sherlockiana noun: memorabilia or writings related to the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes.

Noun

Sherlockiana pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Memorabilia or writings related to the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes.
    • I collect Sherlockiana first and foremost because I am a Sherlock Holmes bug.1954, Nathan L. Bengis, “Why I Collect Sherlockiana”, in Hobbies, volume 59, number 1, page 126
    • McCutcheon has built up a small but extensive collection of Sherlockiana headed by a copy of Beeton's 1887 Christmas Annual, the publication in which Sherlock Holmes made his debut.2007, Howard Burman, Paradise by Paradise, iUniverse, →ISBN

Synonyms of Sherlockiana

Origin of Sherlockiana

From Sherlockian + -ana or Sherlock + -iana.

Words that rhyme with Sherlockiana

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Questions about Sherlockiana

What does Sherlockiana mean?
Sherlockiana means memorabilia or writings related to the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes.
What part of speech is Sherlockiana?
Sherlockiana is a noun.

Words near Sherlockiana in the dictionary

  1. Sherlock Holmesque
  2. Sherlock Holmesy
  3. sherlocked
  4. Sherlockesque
  5. Sherlockian
  6. Sherlockiana
  7. Sherlockians
  8. sherlocking
  9. Sherlockish
  10. sherlocks
  11. Sherlocky

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