shamus

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Collins grew up glued to detective shows including the Mike Hammer series starring Darren McGavin as the shamus with the short fuse.

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  • Shorter would have been better, but Dundee handles the traditional tough-shamus narrative and dialogue with relish and flair. —  EQMM,March-April2006
  • Collins grew up glued to detective shows including the Mike Hammer series starring Darren McGavin as the shamus with the short fuse. —  The Guardian World News
  • Bergman revived his Jewish shamus, Jack LeVIne in 2001 in Reviewer J Kingston Pierce retreads an anecdote: —  The Fate of the Artist
  • President Bill Clinton -- coaxed him to revive his wisecracking shamus. —  The Fate of the Artist
  • Pining to solve a dead dame mystery with hard-boiled and whiskey-soaked shamus Philip Marlowe? —  News Review - Top Stories
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  1. Perhaps from the Irish name Seamus, James.
 

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