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Shamus

//ˈʃɑːməs// name, noun, slang

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of Seamus. alt-of, alternative
Noun
  1. 1
    A private detective; originally, a policeman or police detective. US, slang

    "“That's what you're here for. Didn't your aunt tell you? She wants you to follow Wilbert Cream and Phyllis about everywhere and see that he doesn't get a chance of proposing.” “You mean that I'm to be a sort of private eye or shamus, tailing them up? I don't like it,” I said dubiously."

  2. 2
    someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information and assist in criminal investigations wordnet

Etymology

Said to be from the Irish name Séamus, on account of many American police officers being of Irish descent.

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