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Gumshoe   /gˈəmʃˌu/   Listen
Gumshoe

noun
1.
Someone who is a detective.  Synonyms: dick, hawkshaw.
2.
A waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow.  Synonyms: arctic, galosh, golosh, rubber.






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"Gumshoe" Quotes from Famous Books



... Gladwin. "So I've come home to investigate—sleuthing expedition, you might say. Didn't want him to hear I was coming and climb out. Now you've got the answer to the gumshoe riddle. My plan is to lie low and have you look him up. Nothing else on foot, Whitney? Haven't gone into mustard or ...
— Officer 666 • Barton W. Currie



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