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whodunit
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun whodunit has 1 sense
- whodunit(n = noun.communication) mystery, mystery story - a story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie; Array is a kind of story
has particulars: detective story, murder mystery
OXFORD DICTIONARY
whodunit, n. (also whodunnit) colloq. a story or play about the detection of a crime etc., esp. murder.
Etymology
= who done (illiterate for did) it?
THESAURUS
whodunit
Marchen, Western, Western story, Westerner, adventure story, allegory, apologue, bedtime story, detective story, fable, fabliau, fairy tale, fantasy, fiction, folk story, folktale, gest, ghost story, horse opera, legend, love story, mystery, mystery story, myth, mythology, mythos, nursery tale, parable, romance, science fiction, shocker, space fiction, space opera, suspense story, thriller, work of fiction
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