private detective
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nounDefinition of PRIVATE DETECTIVE
See Examples of PRIVATE DETECTIVE
- <when the police insisted that it was an accident and not murder, she hired a private detective>
First Known Use of PRIVATE DETECTIVE
1861
Related to PRIVATE DETECTIVE
- Synonyms
- dick, gumshoe, hawkshaw, investigator, operative, detective, private eye, private investigator, shamus [slang], sherlock, sleuth, sleuthhound
Rhymes with PRIVATE DETECTIVE
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