| 单词 | private dick |
| 释义 | > as lemmasprivate dick private dick n. slang (originally and chiefly U.S.) = private detective n. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > secret observation, spying > procedures used in spying > [noun] > private detection > person engaged in private detective1857 eye1874 Pinkerton1877 ferret1891 consultant1894 private investigator1894 Sherlock Holmes1896 operative1901 Sherlock1903 Sherlockian1903 Pink1904 peeper1908 private dick1912 op1924 shamus1925 private eye1938 PI1953 peep1974 1912 A. H. Lewis Apaches N.Y. vi. 128 But w'at wit' th' stores full of private dicks a booster can't do much. 1946 E. O'Neill Iceman Cometh i. 14 Yuh remember dey used to send down a private dick to give him the rush to a cure, but de lawyer tells Harry nix, de old lady's off of Willie for keeps dis time and he can go to hell. 1974 ‘E. McBain’ Mugger ii. 14 Bert, on the money I make, I can't afford a private dick. 2002 Loaded July 85/1 Exeter-based Carole-Anne Westcott hired a private dick to track down her runaway husband. < as lemmas |
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