Lawrence R. (Dick) Tartow, M.D. wrote:
> The other day, someone gave as the origin of the word
"dick" as in
> detective as coming from Dick Tracy. Not close and no
cigar. "dick" in
> the sense of detective, comes from the word
'detective' itself,
> shortened and altered.
>
> Tracy wasn't a detective anyway, he was a
cop.
>
> --
> Tartow
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