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Shams vs Shamus - What's the difference?

shams | shamus |

As nouns the difference between shams and shamus

is that shams is while shamus is a private detective.

shams

English

Noun

(head)

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    shamus

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • A private detective.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1960 , author= , title=(Jeeves in the Offing) , section=chapter IV , passage=“That's what you're here for. Didn't your aunt tell you? She wants you to follow Wilbert Cream and Phyllis about everywhere and see that he doesn't get a chance of proposing.”
    “You mean that I'm to be a sort of private eye or shamus , tailing them up? I don't like it,” I said dubiously.}} ----