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howdunits

howdunits is the plural of howdunit.

Meaning of howdunit

Noun

howdunit (plural howdunits)

  1. A type of detective story in which the focus is not on the person who committed the crime, but on the manner in which it was committed.
    • After half a century, the whodunit was joined by the howdunit, in which the emphasis swung from the identity of the murderer to the method by which the murder was committed.1969, Ellery Queen, In the Queens' Parlor, and Other Leaves from the Editors' Notebook, page 72

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What is howdunits the plural of?
Howdunits is the plural of howdunit.

Words near howdunits in the dictionary

  1. howdied
  2. howdies
  3. howdja
  4. Howdon
  5. howdunit
  6. howdunits
  7. howdunnit
  8. howdunnits
  9. howdy
  10. howdy doody
  11. howdy-do

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