( US whodunit )
■ noun informal a story or play about a murder in which the identity of the murderer is not revealed until the end.
Origin
1930s: from who done it? , non-standard form of who did it?
( US whodunit )
■ noun informal a story or play about a murder in which the identity of the murderer is not revealed until the end.
Origin
1930s: from who done it? , non-standard form of who did it?
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004