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UK
/ʃˈæməs/
]
[ US /ˈʃeɪməs/ ]
[ US /ˈʃeɪməs/ ]
NOUN
- someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information
How To Use shamus In A Sentence
- Operating a cash-poor shamus practice in Edinburgh, occasionally bringing along his precocious daughter from a broken marriage, Brodie is clearly more of a doer than a brooder. Matt's Guide to Weekend TV: Walking Dead, Case Histories and More!
- Graham's retorts may have been biting and sharp, but Shamus had no trouble thinking up a comeback with his cool, unconcerned manner.
- It has only been a year since I lost my beloved Labrador Shamus and I still miss her terribly.
- Posted September 27, 2004 11: 39 PM shamus writes: Social Security and Real Production, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
- Chandler, to whom pulp fiction had come late in life, had written his first Marlowe novel, ‘The Big Sleep, ‘in 1939, followed by six more novels about the L.A. shamus.
- Well Jeff by Michael Shaw on Wednesday, Jan 13, 2010 at 1: 41: 54 PM re: michael by shamus cooke on Tuesday, Jan 12, 2010 at 11: 29: 52 PM The Death of Liberalism in the United States
- ‘This isn't some tacky shamus [private eye] getting caught out,’ said one media executive.
- While investigating the murder of a treasure hunter found dead in a long-abandoned nightclub, seeking a piece of vintage diamond bling called the "Blue Butterfly" think "Maltese Falcon" as a priceless necklace, Castle discovers the 1947 diary of shamus Joe Flynn. Monday TV in Review: Smash's Opening Night, Plus House, Castle, and More
- But they had to go even further when it came to coifing and trimming and finding the right body types, Shamus said. Ottawa Sun
- By shamus cooke (about the author) Page 2 of 2 page (s) opednews. com Permalink The Death of Liberalism in the United States