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Definition of locked-room in English:
locked-room
adjective
Designating a mystery or detective story involving a crime scene which no criminal could apparently have entered or left (such as a locked room); of or characteristic of such mysteries; frequently in "locked-room mystery".
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in The Times.
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