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whodunit

[ hoo-duhn-it ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Informal.

a narrative dealing with a murder or a series of murders and the detection of the criminal; detective story.

1925–30; jocular formation from question Who done it?, for standard English Who did it?

A traditional forensic investigation begins with a classic question: Whodunit?

In a modern whodunit, a woman struggles to identify the true culprit of those mysterious iTunes credit card charges.

Just what that is—and whodunit—remains the overarching plot that carries an electric current throughout the action.

Christine Pelisek talks to locals about the baffling whodunit.

I imagine, with crime and police procedurals, you need to know ahead of time whodunit?

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