Meaning of Dr. Watson-ish | Babel Free

Examples

“A British Secret Service agent, with his courageous wife and Dr. Watson-ish chum, are the outstanding figures of Mr. Neville Brand’s story, “The Winning Trick” (Lane).”

“Robert Montgomery as a European prince turned detective was inevitably the most gentlemanly of all sleuths; with Louis Hayward and, in a Dr. Watson-ish role, Frank Morgan.”

“A dear friend, A. J. Jaeger of Novello’s, the music publishers, is welcomed—Desmond Doyle at his most Dr. Watson-ish.”

“Richard Wood is a pompous Dr. Watson-ish Ernest.”

“It involves a Sherlock Holmes-like rodent who relies on a Dr. Watson-ish partner in trying to solve crimes in Victorian-era London.”

“Bristly tweeds and Dr. Watson-ish waistcoats slung with chains heavy enough to pull the Queen Mary to port—it all fits the steampunk aesthetic.”

“Pat Hardy, the museum’s curator of paintings, prints and drawings, noted that the solid, moustache-sporting Conan Doyle looks distinctly Dr. Watson-ish.”

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