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'tec
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Appendix:Variations of "tec"
English
Alternative forms
en tec
Etymology
A en detective 1.
Noun
en slang A detective.
en 1907 Joseph Conrad The Secret Agent "In the morning the blessed 'tecs will be out in all the stations, no doubt. And if they once got hold of her, for one reason or another she would be lost to him indeed."
en 1909 W.W. Jacobs Self-Help "You're a marvel, that's wot you are," ses the 'tec, shaking his 'ead. "Have one with me."
en 1963 Barbara Euphan Todd; Jill Crockford Detective Worzel Gummidge A collection of battered churns, looking like the jars for Ali-Baba's thieves, stood at one end of the room. A 'tec could hide in one of those, thought Robin.
Anagrams
en cet etc. ect. tce ECT ETC CET etc CTE TCE
en clippings