whodunit

who·dun·it

or who·dun·nit W0140400 (ho͞o-dŭn′ĭt)n. Informal A story dealing with a crime and its solution; a detective story.

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[Alteration of who done it?]

who•dun•it

(huˈdʌn ɪt)

n. a narrative of a murder or a series of murders and the detection of the criminal; detective story. [1925–30; jocular formation from Who done it?, for standard E Who did it?]

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whodunit - a story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or moviemystery story, mysterystory - a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events; "he writes stories for the magazines"detective story - a narrative about someone who investigates crimes and obtains evidence leading to their resolutionmurder mystery - a narrative about a murder and how the murderer is discovered

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