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whodunit definition

☆ who·dun·it (ho̵̅o̅ dun′it)

noun

Informal a mystery novel, play, etc.

Etymology: < who + done + it: coined (1930) by D. Gordon in American News of Books

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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