private eye

Significado (Inglês)

A private personal detective, employed to gather information about someone.

Conceitos

detetive particular

Etimologia (Inglês)

From private investigator and its abbreviation P.I., through the homophonic term eye in place of "I", and the use of "eye" as a reference to surveillance.

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