shamusn.

Brit.

/ˈʃeɪməs/,

/ˈʃɑːməs/, U.S.

/ˈʃeɪməs/

Forms: Also sharmus, shommus.

Etymology: Origin uncertain: perhaps < shamash n. or the Irish proper name Seamus.

U.S. slang.

A police officer; a private detective.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > policeman

truncheon officer1708

runner1735

horny1753

nibbing-cull1775

nabbing-cull1780

police officer1784

police constable1787

policeman1788

scout1789

nabman1792

nabber1795

pig1811

Bow-street officer1812

nab1813

peeler1816

split1819

grunter1823

robin redbreast1824

bulky1828

raw (or unboiled) lobster1829

Johnny Darm1830

polis1833

crusher1835

constable1839

police1839

agent1841

johndarm1843

blue boy1844

bobby1844

bluebottle1845

copper1846

blue1848

polisman1850

blue coat1851

Johnny1851

PC1851

spot1851

Jack1854

truncheonist1854

fly1857

greycoat1857

cop1859

Cossack1859

slop1859

scuffer1860

nailerc1863

worm1864

Robert1870

reeler1879

minion of the law1882

ginger pop1887

rozzer1888

nark1890

bull1893

grasshopper1893

truncheon-bearer1896

John1898

finger1899

flatty1899

mug1903

John Dunn1904

John Hop1905

gendarme1906

Johnny Hop1908

pavement pounder1908

buttons1911

flat-foot1913

pounder1919

Hop1923

bogy1925

shamus1925

heat1928

fuzz1929

law1929

narker1932

roach1932

jonnop1938

grass1939

roller1940

Babylon1943

walloper1945

cozzer1950

Old Bill1958

cowboy1959

monaych1961

cozzpot1962

policeperson1965

woolly1965

Fed1966

wolly1970

plod1971

roz1971

Smokey Bear1974

bear1975

beast1978

woodentop1981

Five-O1983

dibble1990

Bow-street runner-

society > law > law enforcement > investigation of crime > [noun] > detective

plant1812

plain clothes1822

detective1850

plainclothesman1856

mouser1863

D.1869

sleuth1872

tec1879

dee1882

demon1889

sleuth-hound1890

split1891

fink1903

hawkshaw1903

busy1904

dick1905

gumshoe1913

Richard1914

shamus1925

cozzer1950

Five-O1983

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > secret observation, spying > procedures used in spying > [noun] > private detection > person engaged in

private detective1857

eye1874

Pinkerton1877

ferret1891

consultant1894

private investigator1894

Sherlock Holmes1896

operative1901

Sherlock1903

Sherlockian1903

Pink1904

peeper1908

private dick1912

op1924

shamus1925

private eye1938

PI1953

peep1974

1925 H. Leverage Dict. Underworld in Flynn's 28 Mar. 660 Sharmus, a detective; a cop.

1928 J. O'Connor Broadway Racketeers xvii. 186 Every Shommus on the beat knew we were going South with the stuff, but they couldn't prove it.

1930 Amer. Mercury Dec. 456/2 Listen shamus, you got me wrong. I'm strictly kosher.

1950 ‘S. Ransome’ Deadly Miss Ashley ii. 19 Men in my profession don't call each other shamuses... We private operatives call ourselves private operatives.

1960 P. G. Wodehouse Jeeves in Offing iv. 49 You mean that I'm to be a sort of private eye or shamus, tailing them up?

1977 New Yorker 2 May 38/3 I think my wife is having me tailed by a private shamus.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	shamus
释义	shamusn. Brit. /ˈʃeɪməs/, /ˈʃɑːməs/, U.S. /ˈʃeɪməs/ Forms: Also sharmus, shommus. Etymology: Origin uncertain: perhaps < shamash n. or the Irish proper name Seamus. U.S. slang. A police officer; a private detective. ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > policeman truncheon officer1708 runner1735 horny1753 nibbing-cull1775 nabbing-cull1780 police officer1784 police constable1787 policeman1788 scout1789 nabman1792 nabber1795 pig1811 Bow-street officer1812 nab1813 peeler1816 split1819 grunter1823 robin redbreast1824 bulky1828 raw (or unboiled) lobster1829 Johnny Darm1830 polis1833 crusher1835 constable1839 police1839 agent1841 johndarm1843 blue boy1844 bobby1844 bluebottle1845 copper1846 blue1848 polisman1850 blue coat1851 Johnny1851 PC1851 spot1851 Jack1854 truncheonist1854 fly1857 greycoat1857 cop1859 Cossack1859 slop1859 scuffer1860 nailerc1863 worm1864 Robert1870 reeler1879 minion of the law1882 ginger pop1887 rozzer1888 nark1890 bull1893 grasshopper1893 truncheon-bearer1896 John1898 finger1899 flatty1899 mug1903 John Dunn1904 John Hop1905 gendarme1906 Johnny Hop1908 pavement pounder1908 buttons1911 flat-foot1913 pounder1919 Hop1923 bogy1925 shamus1925 heat1928 fuzz1929 law1929 narker1932 roach1932 jonnop1938 grass1939 roller1940 Babylon1943 walloper1945 cozzer1950 Old Bill1958 cowboy1959 monaych1961 cozzpot1962 policeperson1965 woolly1965 Fed1966 wolly1970 plod1971 roz1971 Smokey Bear1974 bear1975 beast1978 woodentop1981 Five-O1983 dibble1990 Bow-street runner- society > law > law enforcement > investigation of crime > [noun] > detective plant1812 plain clothes1822 detective1850 plainclothesman1856 mouser1863 D.1869 sleuth1872 tec1879 dee1882 demon1889 sleuth-hound1890 split1891 fink1903 hawkshaw1903 busy1904 dick1905 gumshoe1913 Richard1914 shamus1925 cozzer1950 Five-O1983 the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > secret observation, spying > procedures used in spying > [noun] > private detection > person engaged in private detective1857 eye1874 Pinkerton1877 ferret1891 consultant1894 private investigator1894 Sherlock Holmes1896 operative1901 Sherlock1903 Sherlockian1903 Pink1904 peeper1908 private dick1912 op1924 shamus1925 private eye1938 PI1953 peep1974 1925 H. Leverage Dict. Underworld in Flynn's 28 Mar. 660 Sharmus, a detective; a cop. 1928 J. O'Connor Broadway Racketeers xvii. 186 Every Shommus on the beat knew we were going South with the stuff, but they couldn't prove it. 1930 Amer. Mercury Dec. 456/2 Listen shamus, you got me wrong. I'm strictly kosher. 1950 ‘S. Ransome’ Deadly Miss Ashley ii. 19 Men in my profession don't call each other shamuses... We private operatives call ourselves private operatives. 1960 P. G. Wodehouse Jeeves in Offing iv. 49 You mean that I'm to be a sort of private eye or shamus, tailing them up? 1977 New Yorker 2 May 38/3 I think my wife is having me tailed by a private shamus. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1925
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