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P.I., in old slang
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shamus
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Shamus may refer to: Slang term for a private investigator , from Yiddish Shamus (computer game) , a 1980s computer game Shamus (film) , a 1973 film starring Burt Reynolds Shamus Award , for best detective fiction Shamus, Iran , a village in Khuzestan Province, ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A private detective.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"police officer, detective," 1920, apparently first in "The Shamus," a detective story published that year by Harry J. Loose (1880-1943), a Chicago police detective and crime writer; the book was marketed as "a true tale of thiefdom and an expose of the ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information [syn: private detective , PI , private eye , private investigator , operative , sherlock ]
Usage examples of shamus.
Tomas Gingerwart, who leads the three hundred daring settlers, and Shamus Kilronney, captain of the Kingsmen brigade, speak hopefully of a return to normalcy by the time winter relinquishes its grip on the land.
It was no secret that Nightbird had been working with Shamus Kilronney, captain of the Kingsmen brigade, to ensure the security of the land.
Both he and Shamus glanced at Colleen as he said it, and neither was surprised to find the angry woman frowning.
She realized that she would miss Shamus Kilronney, and her gaze lingered on him as he moved past her.
Many heads did turn to glance without interest at the two soldiers, Shamus in his splendid Kingsmen dress and Colleen in her weathered traveling outfit.
Bishop waved at the man to be quiet, locking stares with Shamus and then with Colleen.
He leaned forward in his chair, so that only she, and perhaps Shamus, could hear.
Colleen and Shamus in a side room furnished only with three small chairs and a tiny hearth.
Bishop had heard enough of the timing of the first meeting and began pressing Shamus, and then Colleen, more pointedly about the demeanor of the pair.
She recognized the clear distress in his every move and thought that Shamus, with his blind devotion, deserved a bit of discomfort.
It would be good fighting beside Shamus and the well-trained soldiers again, though better still would it be if the situation was not so complicated.
Elbryan said to Shamus Kilronney as soon as they had completed the pleasantries.
I assure you that the snow which fell the night before Shamus Kilronney arrived was no unusual storm for this part of the world.
Elbryan replied, his tone showing Shamus that there was no room for debate.
Indeed, Dundalis seemed more a fort than a settlement, an image only heightened by the presence of Shamus Kilronney and his men.