Sherlockiana

English

Etymology

Sherlockian +‎ -ana or Sherlock +‎ -iana

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɑːnə

Noun

Sherlockiana pl (plural only)

  1. Memorabilia or writings related to the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes.
    • 1954, Nathan L. Bengis, “Why I Collect Sherlockiana”, in Hobbies, volume 59, number 1, page 126:
      I collect Sherlockiana first and foremost because I am a Sherlock Holmes bug.
    • 2007, Howard Burman, Paradise by Paradise‎, iUniverse, →ISBN:
      McCutcheon has built up a small but extensive collection of Sherlockiana headed by a copy of Beeton's 1887 Christmas Annual, the publication in which Sherlock Holmes made his debut.
    • 2011, Robin James, “The performance of power”, in Cath Phillips, editor, Time Out London Walks: 30 Walks by London Writers, Volume 1, Time Out Guides, →ISBN, page 30:
      On the ground floor there is a good collection of Sherlockiana. This includes the face-mask used for the Hound of the Baskervilles in the 1960s Hammer movie, complete with phosphorescent paint.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Sherlockiana.

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