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TIL that when Hamlet talks about knowing “a hawk from a handsaw,” he wasn’t referring to the tool but a bird (handsaw was originally “heronshaw,” an old form of “heron.”) (www.word-detective.com)
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[–] Tristaniopsis@aussie.zone 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I like your take on this. Here is another discussion which may or may not be helpful.

http://shakespearebyanothername.blogspot.com/2011/08/shake-speare-east-anglian-hawks.html?m=1