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shamus
noun
a police detective; a private detective US, 1925- What are you afraid of, this dirty two-bit shamus? — Mickey Spillane, I, The Jury, p. 20, 1947
- You’ll get paid, shamus–if you do a job. — Raymond Chandler, Playback, p. 12, 1958
- I want to know so I can call up the shamuses, I want to know so I can blacklist you to the grave. — Clancy Sigal, Going Away, p. 265, 1961
- Hey, relax man, I’m a brother shamus. — The Big Lebowski, 1998
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