shamus

sham(m)us

(ˈʃeməs)

n. a police officer or a detective. (Probably from Yiddish.) One thing that a shamus always knows is when another shamus is following him.

verb

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Tolly	-	English (Archaic)
Gwenith	-	Welsh
Agate	['eigət]
Ralph	RALF (English), RAYF (English), RAHLF (German)	English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German
MÉLanie	-	French
Danijel	-	Slovene, Croatian, Serbian