shamus
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Have the world-weary shamus and the former Aztec capital lost their noir juju?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2025
It doesn’t take much to lure the old shamus out of a seclusion, which he isn’t much enjoying anyhow.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2018
For the audience, he is equally shamus and shaman, chasing down clues and trying to exorcise demons that plague the body politic.
From New York Times ● Dec. 14, 2017
K does his grim job thoroughly and without complaint, showing the weary, cynical patience of an old-time shamus.
From New York Times ● Oct. 2, 2017
I've got friends in PIB—real friends, not the shamus crowd you're acquainted with that'll take you for your last nickel and then leave you to starve.
From Bear Trap by Alan Edward Nourse
Philip Marlowe at quarterback, Easy Rawlins at strong safety, and a fierce defensive line of framed shamuses.
From New York Times ● Jul. 17, 2020
Lionel is one of a handful of shamuses — Bobby Cannavale, Ethan Suplee and Dallas Roberts play the others — known as Minna’s men.
From New York Times ● Oct. 31, 2019
Since his death, several of the shamuses in his earlier stories have been renamed Philip Marlowe, a nod to the primacy and enduring power of that character.
From New York Times ● Dec. 21, 2014
