Both Uses of
specimen
in
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
- Hence, you see, my double deduction that you had been out in vile weather, and that you had a particularly malignant boot-slitting specimen of the London slavey.†
Chpt 1 *
- It was a magnificent specimen of the jeweller's art, and the thirty-six stones were the finest that I have ever seen.†
Chpt 11
Definition:
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(specimen) an example thought to represent its type; or a bit of tissue, blood, or urine that is taken for diagnostic purposes