Dick and Shaft

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Dick noun - A person not on the police force who investigates criminal or illicit activity or searches for missing persons.

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Shaft is a synonym for dick. In some cases you can use "Shaft" instead a noun "Dick".

Nearby Words: dicker, dicky, dickey, dickie

Shaft noun - A narrow sharply defined line of light radiating from an object.

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Dick is a synonym for shaft. Sometimes you can use "Dick" instead a noun "Shaft".

Nearby Word: shafting

Isaac Hayes deliberately plays with this in this theme for Shaft, describing him as a "black private dick who's a sex machine to all the chicks."

Source: Have A Gay Old Time / Film
Shaft: Who's the black private dick, that's a sex machine to all the chicks?

Source: Private Detective
Mushroom Samba: Dick Grayson as Batman is tricked into falling down a shaft lined with razor blades that are coated with hallucinogenics, so when he ends up fighting the Joker posing as Joker Junior, things get...really weird.

Source: Comic Book / Superman & Batman: Generations

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