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private eye

–noun Slang.
a private detective.

Origin:
1935–40; eye, allusive phonetic rendering of I, abbr. of investigator
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private eye

  1. n.
    a detective who is licensed to work privately rather than for a police department. : I worked for a while as a private eye.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: private eye
Function: noun
: PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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