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gum⋅shoe

  [guhm-shoo] noun, verb, -shoed, -shoe⋅ing.
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–noun
1. Slang. a detective.
2. a shoe made of gum elastic or India rubber; rubber overshoe.
3. sneaker (def. 1).
–verb (used without object)
4. Slang.
a. to work as a detective.
b. to go softly, as if wearing rubber shoes; move or act snoopily or stealthily.
Origin:
1860–65, Americanism; gum 1 + shoe
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gum·shoe   (gŭm'shōō')   
n.  

  1. A sneaker or rubber overshoe.

  2. Slang An investigator, especially a detective.

intr.v.   gum·shoed, gum·shoe·ing, gum·shoes Slang

  1. To work as a detective.

  2. To move about stealthily; sneak.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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