Informal detective story
often sp. who·dun′nit
Origin of whodunit
from who + done (dial. past tense of do) + it: coined (1930) by D. Gordon in American News of Bookswhodunit
who·dun·itWebster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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whodunit
or who·dun·nit
noun
InformalA story dealing with a crime and its solution; a detective story.
Origin of whodunit
Alteration of who done it?THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural whodunits)
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