( BrE ) (also who·dun·it NAmE , BrE ) / ˌhuːˈdʌnɪt; NAmE / noun
( informal ) a story, play, etc. about a murder in which you do not know who did the murder until the end
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WORD ORIGIN
1930s: from who done it? , non-standard form of who did it?
( BrE ) (also who·dun·it NAmE , BrE ) / ˌhuːˈdʌnɪt; NAmE / noun
( informal ) a story, play, etc. about a murder in which you do not know who did the murder until the end
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WORD ORIGIN
1930s: from who done it? , non-standard form of who did it?
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005