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Noun
the couple paid a gumshoe to look for their missing son
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Greg Evans, Deadline, 22 Dec. 2024
Lansbury became a household name thanks to her portrayal of an unusual gumshoe, often in perilous situations but always polite and clutching a sensible handbag.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 16 Dec. 2024
After 25 years, a family will be reunited with their missing relative thanks to a USA Today article and gumshoe police work.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
Netflix has ordered a second season of A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, with Wednesday star Emma Myers returning as a teenage gumshoe who gets to the bottom of murder cases in a small English village.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Nov. 2024
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Noun
The twist: The gumshoe is a two-year-old boy, the newcomer his baby sister.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 22 Dec. 2024
Lansbury became a household name thanks to her portrayal of an unusual gumshoe, often in perilous situations but always polite and clutching a sensible handbag.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 16 Dec. 2024
After 25 years, a family will be reunited with their missing relative thanks to a USA Today article and gumshoe police work.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
Netflix has ordered a second season of A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, with Wednesday star Emma Myers returning as a teenage gumshoe who gets to the bottom of murder cases in a small English village.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Gumshoe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gumshoe. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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