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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information;
[syn: private detective, PI, private eye, private investigator, operative, shamus, sherlock]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

shamus
    n 1: someone who can be employed as a detective to collect
         information [syn: private detective, PI, private eye,
         private investigator, operative, shamus, sherlock]