Poi‧rot, Her‧cule /ˈpwɑːrəʊ $ pwɑːˈrəʊ, ˈeəkjuːl $ eərˈkjuːl/
a character in books by Agatha Christie. He is a clever Belgian detective, who always discovers who the criminal is by using the ‘little grey cells’ (=his brain). Poirot is a small man whose appearance is very neat, and who has a moustache. There is a popular British television programme based on stories about Poirot.

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