private eye Idioma
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n.,
colloquial A private investigator; a detective.
Buddy Ebsen played a private eye on "Bamaby Jones."
private eye
private eye A privately employed detective, as opposed to one working for the police or another authority. For example,
The children loved stories about private eyes, and Janey wanted to become one. This expression comes from the term
private investigator, the “i” of investigator being changed to “eye,” which plays on the idea of a person looking into things. [1930s]
private eye
slang A clandestine investigator or detective. "Eye" is a pun on the letter "i" in "investigator." The ashamed badge detective confused to addition accompaniment and started a business as a clandestine eye. It angry out they'd assassin a clandestine eye to accumulate tabs on her afterwards she larboard the law firm.Learn more: eye, privatea ˌprivate ˈeye
(informal) a detective who is not in the police, but who can be active to acquisition out information, acquisition a missing person, chase somebody, etc: They assassin a clandestine eye to attending for added evidence.Learn more: eye, private