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Grammar : Noun
Spell : slooth
Phonetic Transcription : sluθ

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Définition of sleuth

Origin :
  • c.1200, "track or trail of a person," from Old Norse sloð "trail," of uncertain origin. Meaning "detective" is 1872, shortening of sleuth-hound "keen investigator" (1849), a figurative use of a word that dates back to late 14c. meaning a kind of bloodhound. The verb (intransitive) meaning "to act as a detective, investigate" is recorded from 1905. Related: Sleuthed; sleuthing.
  • noun detective
Example sentences :
  • There was something very like the 194 sleuth in its attitude.
  • Extract from : « The Hound From The North » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • Never was there a sleuth with his heart in his business as mine will be.
  • Extract from : « In Apple-Blossom Time » by Clara Louise Burnham
  • All we've got to do now is to play the sleuth when he leaves the cabin.
  • Extract from : « The Call of the Beaver Patrol » by V. T. Sherman
  • There wa'n't any need to do the sleuth act after Marjorie got started.
  • Extract from : « Torchy » by Sewell Ford
  • "This," says the sleuth, haulin' out of his pocket a bulgy envelope.
  • Extract from : « Torchy, Private Sec. » by Sewell Ford
  • One sleuth causes an uproar making a mess of the situations he has witnessed.
  • Extract from : « The Ghost Breaker » by Paul Dickey
  • There are surprises for the reader—and for the "Sleuth," as well.
  • Extract from : « The Ocean Wireless Boys And The Naval Code » by John Henry Goldfrap, AKA Captain Wilbur Lawton
  • I might have known you for a sleuth hound who would guard every avenue.
  • Extract from : « Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter » by Lawrence L. Lynch
  • Not likely, after you and your sleuth hounds had been over the ground!
  • Extract from : « Simon » by J. Storer Clouston
  • They told him he wasn't the sleuth he thought he was, so he came back.
  • Extract from : « The Celebrity, Complete » by Winston Churchill
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