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Holmes, Sherlock
     
Holmes, Sherlock
the main character in the stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. He is a very clever detective (=someone whose job is to solve crimes and catch criminals) and he always notices very small details and then uses them to guess what has happened.
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