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'tec

name, noun, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Detective Comics (an American comic book series) slang

    "Of course, the Batman’s debut in ’Tec #27 is tame by comparison"

Noun
  1. 1
    A detective. slang

    ""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.""

Etymology

Etymology 1

A clipping of detective.

Etymology 2

Clipping of detective. C.f. 'tec (“detective”).

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