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Noun the couple paid a gumshoe to look for their missing son. Recent Examples on the Web. Noun. On the surface, Sugar is the story of John Sugar (Farrell), a dapper gumshoe who tracks down missing people on behalf of an elite clientele.
Gumshoe is a 1971 British black comedy film that was the cinematic directorial debut of director Stephen Frears. Written by local author Neville Smith, who appears as Arthur, the film is set in Liverpool.
GUMSHOE definition: 1. informal for detective (= someone whose job is to discover facts about a crime) 2. informal for…. Learn more.
18. Juli 2012 · The primary modern use of gumshoe is as a noun meaning 'a private detective'. This is a narrow remnant of a group of senses having to do with stealth. Originally, gumshoe referred to a shoe with a rubber sole, specifically, galoshes or (more relevant to our purposes) sneakers.
verb (used without object) , gum·shoed, gum·shoe·ing. Slang. to work as a detective. to go softly, as if wearing rubber shoes; move or act snoopily or stealthily. gumshoe. / ˈɡʌmˌʃuː /.
21. Apr. 1972 · Gumshoe: Directed by Stephen Frears. With Albert Finney, Billie Whitelaw, Frank Finlay, Janice Rule. Inspired by his love for Dashiell Hammett novels, nightclub comedian Eddie Ginley puts an ad in the paper as a private eye.
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