Meaning of Dr. Watson-ish | Babel Free

Definitions

Adjective. [B2]

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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