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noun Slang.

a private detective.

Origin:
1935–40; eye, allusive phonetic rendering of I, abbreviation of investigator

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private eye

—n
	informal a private detective

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private eye definition

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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