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Meanings of private dick in English

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Usage of private dick in English
1
I'm not FBI, MPD, or even a private dick.
Finders Keepers
2
Not a cop, not Authority, but a private dick.
Edge of Infinity
3
And as any private dick will tell you, it pays to collect markers from The Authorities.
Disciple of the dog
4
Then he added, A private dick's out here.
The Case of the Gold-Digger’s Purse
5
We may want to hire a private dick.'
Bag of Bones
6
You got private dick written all over you.
Saving max
7
I mean, maybe this private dick-ifyou'll excuse the expression-maybehe was just jerking your friends around.
Watch them die
8
Why, this here private dick is like as not workin' for the very man that killed Rivers!
Murder in the Gunroom
9
I don't know how much a private dick costs, but three weeks of your time can't be cheap.
The capitol game
10
Just a private dick.
Disciple of the dog
11
I'm a private dick.
The vaults
12
Frings nodded and remembered now the other things he knew about Poole: He was the private dick with the Red girlfriend.
The vaults
13
Because he's a private detective now, she said, and every private dick should have a fedora he can pull down to one eyebrow.
Mr. Mercedes
14
Two years back, Poole had been doing blackmail and private dick work long enough to be self-assured, but not yet long enough to be scared.
The vaults
15
Ah, the private dick...
Priest
16
'A private dick?' she mumbled when Andy asked which one he should recommend.
The Naked God
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