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English noun: shamus

1. shamus (person) someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information


Synonymsoperative, PI, private detective, private eye, private investigator, sherlock


Broader (hypernym)detective


Narrower (hyponym)hotel detective, house detective, house dick, inquiry agent, store detective









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