Hypertext Webster Gateway: "shamus"
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
shamus
n : someone who can be employed as a detective to collect
information [syn: {private detective}, {PI}, {private eye},
{private investigator}, {operative}, {sherlock}]
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