Synonyms for gumshoe

Grammar : Noun

Spell : guhm-shoo

Phonetic Transcription : ˈgʌmˌʃu

Définition of gumshoe

Origin : "plainclothes detective," 1906, from the rubber-soled shoes they wore (which were so called from 1863); from gum (n.1) + shoe (n.).

noun detective

Example sentences :

Mr. Pepper don't like the idea, though, of doin' the gumshoe sneak.
Extract from : « Torchy » by Sewell Ford

And consider the appropriateness of the figures of speech, as Gumshoe would say.
Extract from : « Deering of Deal » by Latta Griswold

One for the Gumshoe, said Tony blithely, as they turned onto the campus.
Extract from : « Deering of Deal » by Latta Griswold

But theres nothing I can do; Im in with Gumshoe worse than ever.
Extract from : « Deering of Deal » by Latta Griswold

To heck with the Gumshoe; bounds are off for the afternoon anyway.
Extract from : « Deering of Deal » by Latta Griswold

Dye remember Reggie Carroll telling us that the Gumshoe would get even?
Extract from : « Deering of Deal » by Latta Griswold

Why, honest, Reggie, even the Gumshoe just eats out of his hand.
Extract from : « Deering of Deal » by Latta Griswold

I'm sure the gumshoe when it comes to pipin' a man off so's I got his photograph in my eye.
Extract from : « Under Handicap » by Jackson Gregory

In the crowd there chanced to be one of that slick class of individuals known as gumshoe men.
Extract from : « Droll Stories of Isthmian Life » by Evelyn Saxton

Lets whoop her up for Gumshoe, and avoid any daffy questions about being quizzled by the Head.
Extract from : « Deering of Deal » by Latta Griswold

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