hawkshawEtymologyFrom Hawkshaw the Detective, a character in Tom Taylor's 1863 play The Ticket of Leave Man. The name was later borrowed in the early 20th century for a character in an American comic strip.nameA surname.“Not only has front woman Kirsty Hawkshaw replaced her space-age baldness with a glamorous new look, but the music that fills the act's EastWest album is far more complex and substantial […]”A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD7515).A suburb of Darwen, Blackburn with Darwen district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD6823).A tiny settlement on the Tweed, south-west of Tweedsmuir, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, at the mouth of Hawkshaw Burn (OS grid ref NT0722)A community in York County, New Brunswick, Canada.A government town near Moockra, South Australia.nounA detective.