"shamus" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈʃɑːməs/, /ˈʃeɪməs/ Forms: shamuses [plural]
enPR: shä'məs, shā'məs Rhymes: -eɪməs Etymology: Said to be from the Irish name Séamus, on account of many American police officers being of Irish descent. Head templates: {{en-noun}} shamus (plural shamuses)
  1. (US, slang) A private detective; originally, a policeman or police detective. Tags: US, slang
    Sense id: en-shamus-en-noun-VlWwh1MW Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header

Verb [Ido]

Head templates: {{head|io|verb form}} shamus
  1. conditional of shamar Tags: conditional, form-of Form of: shamar
    Sense id: en-shamus-io-verb-Q2UtK5eI Categories (other): Ido entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter IV",
          "text": "“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.”\n“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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      "ipa": "/ˈʃɑːməs/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈʃeɪməs/"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-eɪməs"
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    },
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      "enpr": "shä'məs"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "shā'məs"
    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈʃeɪməs/"
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      "rhymes": "-eɪməs"
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