shamus
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 11
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 6
/ˈʃɑːməs/
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/ˈʃɑːməs/ · /ˈʃeɪməs/
Definition of shamus
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(US, slang)A private detective; originally, a policeman or police detective.
““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.”
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noun
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(US, slang)A private detective; originally, a policeman or police detective.
““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.”
name
- (alt-of, alternative)Alternative spelling of Seamus.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Said to be from the Irish name Séamus, on account of many American police officers being of Irish descent.
Words you can make from shamus
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