whodunnit

noun
🔊/ˌhuːˈdʌnɪt/
🔊/ˌhuːˈdʌnɪt/
(British English)
(also whodunit North American English, British English)
(informal)
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  1. a story, play, etc. about a murder in which you do not know who did the murder until the end(到结尾才知道凶手的)侦探小说,侦探戏剧,侦探作品Topics Literature and writingc2, Film and theatrec2
    Word Origin1930s: from who done it?, non-standard form of who did it?