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Definition of Shamus

1. Noun. Someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information.

Definition of Shamus

1. Noun. A private detective. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shamus

1. a private detective [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shamus

Literary usage of Shamus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American History and Encyclopedia of Music by Janet M. Green, Josephine Thrall (1908)
"shamus O'Brien, a young Irish patriot, chafing against the heavy hand of England, ... It soon becomes apparent that shamus is a hero worth having, ..."

2. Irish Literature by Justin McCarthy, Maurice Francis Egan, Douglas Hyde, Charles Welsh, Gregory, James Jeffrey Roche (1904)
"shamus O'BRIEN.1 A Tale of Ninety-eight, aa related by an Irish Peasant. ... An' the bravest and hardiest Boy of them all Was shamus O'Brien, from the town ..."

3. Choice Readings for Public and Private Entertainments and for the Use of edited by Robert McLean Cumnock (1913)
"At the Harp and the Eagle kept by shamus O'Brien." — JS Le Fanu. THE GLOVE AND THE LIONS King Francis was a hearty king, and loved a royal sport, ..."

4. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1908)
"KN shamus O'BRIEN. Romantic comic opera in two acts ; text by GH Jessop (after J. Sheridan Le Kann), music by CV Stanford, op. 61. ..."

5. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1892)
"... Twenty Pipers ranged in a row, From squinting shamus to lame ... the snuff-box from hand to hand— Sandy of Isla with locks of snow, Squinting shamus, ..."

6. The Patriotic Speaker: Consisting of Specimens of Modern Eloquence, Together by Robert Raikes Raymond (1864)
"What come they to talk of? What come they to see? O, shamus O'Brien ! pray fervent and fast, May the saints take your soul, for this day is your last; ..."

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