Private Eye Definition
noun
A private detective.
Webster's New World
Attributive form of private eye.
Private-eye license.
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Other Word Forms of Private Eye
Noun
Singular:
private eye
Plural:
private-eyesOrigin of Private Eye
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From private investigator and its abbreviation P.I., through the homophonic term eye in place of "I", and the used of eye as a reference to survellience
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