Similar words: amuse, amused, amusing, amusement, sham, shame, ashamed, amulet. Meaning: ['ʃeɪməs ,'ʃɑː-] 
n. someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information.
n. someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information. 
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(1) Very tricky business being a private shamus.
(2) But then I asked myself: Are we serving Shamus as well as he was serving us?
(3) Coben is the first author to win all three literary awards: the Edgar Award, Shamus Award and Anthony Award.
(4) Prep school kids have, as assistant professor at Columbia University Shamus Raham Khan says, "the ability to treat hierarchies as ladders, not ceilings."
(5) A while back, I met a young man named Shamus at the VFW Hall in East Moline, Illinois. He was a good-looking kid, six-two or six-three, clear-eyed, with an easy smile.
(6) You know, a while back—a while back I met a young man named Shamus in a V.
(7) Relax. The man says relax. I've got a fictional character stashed in a hotel room, and I think my wife is having me tailed by a private shamus.
(8) A while back, I met a young man named Shamus at the VFW Hall in East Moline, Illinois.
(9) A while back, I met a young man named Shamus at the VFW Hall in East Molne, Illinois.