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wheredunit en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. A type of detective story in which significant focus is placed on the location in which the crime was committed.
    • "The Chaser" is less whodunit than wheredunit, perversely withholding the location of Young-min's home from everyone but the viewer, who gets to know Seoul's Mangwon district quite intimately as Jung-ho, his bumbling sidekick Meathead (Koo Bon-woong) and other cops run around it in infuriating circles. 2008 May 17, Justin Chang, “The Chaser”, in Variety:

Forms

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wheredunnit alternative lexicographic
wheredunits Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

howdunit · whydunit · whodunit