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whodunit


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Informal term for a story or play about a murder in which the identity of the murderer is not revealed until the end; the term is recorded from 1930.

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Whodunit
in The Oxford Companion to Crime and Mystery Writing Length: 1259 words
whodunnit
in The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (2) Length: 30 words

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