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whodunnit
(who|dun¦nit)
Pronunciation:
/huːˈdʌnɪt/
(
US
whodunit
)
noun
informal
a story or play about a murder in which the identity of the murderer is not revealed until the end.
Origin:
1930s
: from
who done it?
, non-standard form of
who did it?
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