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Meanings of gumshoe in inglés

portugués
galocha
catalán
xancle de goma
español
chanclo de goma
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A waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow.

chanclo de goma

Someone who is a detective.

Boardgame.

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Usage of gumshoe in inglés
1
Or call in a gumshoe who happens to be a Warden, himself.
White night
2
Donkey work that even a dipsomaniacal gumshoe like Harvey couldn't screw up.
Death angel
3
And who's this gumshoe guy from the bush league tailin' us?
The Big-Town Round-Up
4
He's a kind of fringe-area gumshoe named Paul Denman.
The long saturday night
5
You read enough mystery books, you find that cooking is practically a pre-requisite for a gumshoe.
For whom the minivan rolls: an aaron tucker mystery
6
His criminal had thus outwitted the gumshoe fraternity.
The Enormous Room
7
You've had that gumshoe's laptop long enough.
Break No Bones
8
You have to uphold the gumshoe image.
White night
9
It's all ferreted out with gumshoe cunning and saintly patience, and packaged with lavishly detailed liner notes.
Wired
10
Another bad inning for the wizard gumshoe.
Changes
11
My cousin was five when I was born, and I followed her around like an inept gumshoe.
Shadow of an angel
12
There's a gumshoe man on his trail.
The Long Chance
13
He has also gained a reputation as an intrepid archival gumshoe, ferreting out sources that others have missed.
The Irish Times
14
Mac and I walked stealthily down the corridor, me in true gumshoe fashion and him in flatfoot mode.
Red Planet Blues
15
The gumshoe aesthetic celebrated in Ridley Scott's adaptation of Philip K Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
The Irish Times
16
Oh, and he also inspired a couple of cartoon characters, one of them Mumbly, the cartoon mutt gumshoe.
Reuters
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portugués
galocha
Gumshoe through the time