Jack
Jack noun - A piece of cloth with a special design that is used as an emblem or for signaling.
Sleuth
Sleuth noun - A person not on the police force who investigates criminal or illicit activity or searches for missing persons.
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Synonyms for Sleuth
Nearby Word: sleuthing
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One of Boris Akunin's Erast Fandorin detective stories is about the titular nineteenth century sleuth catching Jack the Ripper.
Source: Useful Notes / Jack the Ripper -
Homestuck, while surprisingly tame on the violence in the first three acts, later acts become a lot more gruesome than Andrew Hussie's previous work, Problem Sleuth, as soon as Jack Noir gains the powers of the Black Queen.
Source: Bloodier and Gorier
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