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Answer by Sam for Word/Idiom Meaning From Sherlock Holmes
Answered in the comments: "The man is now a commissionaire - it's his commissionaire's uniform he says is being mended. When Watson asks "and you were...", using the past tense, he is asking what the...
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In the Sherlock Holmes book A Study in Scarlet, Mr. Watson asks about a man in the street and Sherlock Holmes deduces that man is a retired marine sergeant: "You mean the retired sergeant of Marines,"...
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