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Detective Agency

Definition: Detective Agency

Detective Agency

Noun

1. An agency that makes inquiries for its clients.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

 

Modern Usage: Detective Agency

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Dirkham Detective Agency (1983)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Detective Agency

DomainTitle

Books

  • Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (reference)

  • The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (reference)

  • The Kalahari Typing School for Men: More from the No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (reference)

  • The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul & Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency [UNABRIDGED] (reference)

  • Kalahari Typing School for Men (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency) (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Expressions: Detective Agency

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

detective agency

155

pinkerton detective agency

6
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Detective Agency

Language Translations for "detective agency"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

German

  

detektivbüro, detektei. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

興信所 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

こうしんじょ. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

etectiveday agencyay.(various references)

   

Russian 

  

бюро расследований. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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