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proper noun 
  1. a northern English surname, variant of Holme
  2. a Scottish habitational surname from the place near Dundonald
  3. w:Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes, fictional detective
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noun 
  1. (slang) An informal address, like man or dude.
    Hey, ! What's up?
Etymology: Possibly a combination of Holmes (the fictional detective) and a contraction of homeboy http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/WT:CFI.

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