Definitions
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- noun An extremely
skillful or dedicateddetective
Etymologies
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super- + detective
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Examples
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This could be called “Tom the superdetective” and be as good, but you know .. you must lure public into paying for cinema by using popular words and names.
Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes (2009) | Edwardian Promenade 2009
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So, of course, Holmes, while still brilliant, is not yet the supercompetent superdetective.
Archive 2007-07-01 Blue Tyson 2007
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So, of course, Holmes, while still brilliant, is not yet the supercompetent superdetective.
Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: Young Sherlock Holmes - Alan Arnold Blue Tyson 2007
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