https://www.kidzsearch.com/questions/tag/detective Powered by Question2Answer https://www.kidzsearch.com/questions/21731/the-vocabulary-of-a-1940s-mystery-movie-detective Use these words in your vocabulary and you will talk like a detective in no time!<br /> <br /> Can it: Verb: (Can-IT): To be quiet. Example: When Ray's friend was humming a very annoying song, he told him to can it.<br /> <br /> Jeeves: Noun: (Geevs): A famous butler from classic television. Example: Betty's favorite television character was Jeeves the butler.<br /> <br /> Toup: Slang: (TOOP): A toupee. Example: Greg complimented his grandfather's toup.<br /> <br /> Predicament: (Pre-DIK-uh-ment): A problem. Example: Katy wanted to escape the predicament.<br /> <br /> Baffled: (Baff-UHLED): Confused. Example: Science baffled Ed.<br /> <br /> Hoosegow: Slang: (Hoose-GOW): Prison. Example: The police took the theif to the hoosegow. English https://www.kidzsearch.com/questions/21731/the-vocabulary-of-a-1940s-mystery-movie-detective Tue, 24 Jan 2017 21:11:41 +0000