gumshoe

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  1. noun A sneaker or rubber overshoe.
  2. noun Slang An investigator, especially a detective.
  3. intransitive verb Slang To work as a detective.
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  • Sure he would You are such a good, smooth dancer, ; she said against my cheek For a gumshoe and a flatfoot, ; I said. —  Cat and Mouse
  • He does, however, own up to being the author of four mystery novels featuring Groucho Marx as a gumshoe, the most recent of which is Groucho Marx and the Broadway Murders. —  F ;SF - vol 101 issue 02 - August 2001
  • In the late 1960s Westlake, as Tucker Coe, ran a five-book series about an ex-cop turned gumshoe (sort of), which some critics point to as Westlake's most serious contribution to the genre. —  The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
  • You start off as a gumshoe and work your way up to the league of Baker Street's finest. —  IGN DS
  • Et pourquoi la poursuite n'ira-t-elle pas pour le premier meurtre de degré encore? gumshoe, do you think thats what Lv will start his book with. .lol —  Blogger News Network
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