Shamus

/ˈʃɑːməs/

Synonyms for "shamus" (22 found)

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Closest matches (5)

Noun(1 words)
private eye

Strong matches (6)

Related words (11)

Noun(7 words)
jamesoperativepiprivate detectiveprivate investigatorseamussherlock

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

2 entries
detectivegiven name

More specific

2 entries
gumshoeprivate eye

Collocations

5 entries
old shamusshamus charactershamus figureshamus slangshamus term

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

1 entries

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

He's a shamus.

Source: tatoeba (2947779)

“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.

Source: wiktionary

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