shamus

Example Sentences

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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

And as the Honolulu-based shamus Thomas Magnum, a journeyman actor named Tom Selleck made himself a star on the strength of a twinkling smile and a modest gift for self-deprecating humor.

From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2018

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

With a cheap business card and an equally cheap jacket and tie, he smilingly ambles it into the shamus role, knocking on doors and sniffing out leads among all the yammer and serviceable visuals.

From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2018

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 Nourse, Alan Edward