hawkish
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These hobbyist hawkshaws view homicide cases as puzzles, while the people linked to them, guilty or innocent, are the tougher cases to crack.
From Salon • Jun. 16, 2026
Rorimer refuses to tell how his hawkshaws receive their tips.
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The discovery of the hawkshaws on the train postpones execution of the sentence.
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To armchair hawkshaws, it will be as unmistakable as a corpse on a carpet that this is not coincidence.
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With him went Mrs. Hoover and an entourage of friends, newsmen, photographers, hawkshaws.
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