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private dicks

private dicks is the plural of private dick.

Meaning of private dick

Noun

private dick (plural private dicks)

  1. (colloquial) A private investigator; a private detective.
    • ‘Private dick, eh?’ he said, not looking at me at all, but looking out of his window.1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin, published 2011, page 130

Questions about private dicks

What is private dicks the plural of?
Private dicks is the plural of private dick.

Words near private dicks in the dictionary

  1. private costs
  2. private credit
  3. private detective
  4. private detectives
  5. private dick
  6. private dicks
  7. private docent
  8. private docents
  9. private enterprise
  10. private enterprise number
  11. private enterprise numbers

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