sleuthing

English

Verb

sleuthing

1. present participle and gerund of sleuth

Noun

sleuthing (countable and uncountable, plural sleuthings)

1. detective work
   • 1962, Dick Francis, chapter 19, in Dead Cert, published 2004, page 266:

     “Wotcher, me old cock sparrow, how's the sleuthing business?” bellowed Sandy, pausing and balancing his saddle on one knee while he looped up the girth.

   • 1980, Geo, volume 2, number 2, page 80:

     Keane's speeches have not reduced the number of Amerasian births, but a decade of sleuthing has helped nearly 600 Amerasian orphans find new homes in the United States.

   • 2010, Robert Coover, Noir‎^[1], New York: Overlook Duckworth, page 97:

     You knew less about sex than you knew about sleuthing, but you soon figured out what the goods were and got them. You were not so much a private eye as an eyer of privates.