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tec, n. slang.|tɛk|
† teck.
1. Abbreviation for detective.
1879Sessions Papers 25 July 238 Look out, there is a b― tec from Chalk Farm watching. 1888Pall Mall G. 11 Oct. 2/1 'Tecs and inspectors examine the place, make notes, and go away. 1888Daily News 27 Dec. 7/2 Witness seized Wright and said ‘I am a police officer’. Wright replied ‘You are no 'tec; give me a chance’, struggled violently, and got away. 1909Galsworthy Silver Box ii. i. 47 Drop it, I say, you blooming teck. a1940[see fink n.2]. 1977Daily Mirror 30 Mar. 13/4 (heading) Porn tec admits bribe plot.
attrib.1928D. L. Sayers Unpleasantness at Bellona Club viii. 90 He complained of being spied on..like the blighters in the 'tec stories. 1976Evening Times (Glasgow) 1 Dec. 2/1 Softly, Softly: Task Force. Plodding 'tec series which has dragged on too long.
2. Ellipt. for tec story, a detective story.
1934E. Pound ABC of Reading ii. 29 Only a very good ‘tec’ will stand re-reading. 1949R. Chandler Let. 28 Dec. (1966) 76 The mystery and 'tec are on the wane. 1978S. Hodges Gollancz ix. 194 Anthony Price, Nicholas Freeling and Helen McCloy are some of the writers whose 'tecs have been published by Gollancz.
Hence tec v. trans., to watch as a detective.
1900G. Swift Somerley 57 Let's watch the ‘head’; he might be a kleptomaniac, or whatever they call it... I'd like to 'tec the ‘head’. |