| Private investigators, informally |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
23 Apr 2026 |
| Gumshoes |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Dec 2025 |
| Private eyes, in pulp slang |
LA Times Daily |
12 Nov 2025 |
| Sleuths |
Eugene Sheffer |
02 Sep 2024 |
| Sleuths |
Eugene Sheffer |
05 Jul 2024 |
| Private eyes, informally |
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| Gumshoes, informally |
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| P.I.s, e.g. |
New York Times |
11 Feb 2024 |
| Spade and Marlowe, e.g. |
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| Gumshoes |
LA Times Daily |
25 Oct 2023 |
| Pulp fiction private eyes |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Sep 2023 |
| Noir sleuths |
LA Times Daily |
20 Aug 2023 |
| Gumshoes |
New York Times |
16 Jul 2023 |
| Gumshoes |
Wall Street Journal |
21 May 2022 |
| Sleuths, in old slang |
New York Times |
23 Aug 2021 |
| Gumshoes |
New York Times |
16 Jun 2021 |
| Sleuths, slangily |
Newsday |
13 Jun 2021 |
| Shamuses |
Newsday |
09 Apr 2021 |
| They're on the case, in slang |
New York Times |
15 Nov 2020 |
| Gumshoes |
Premier Sunday |
21 Jun 2020 |
| Clue collectors, for short |
New York Times |
06 Oct 2019 |
| Clue collectors, for short |
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| People on the case, for short |
New York Times |
16 Feb 2019 |
| People on the case, for short |
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| Private eyes |
New York Times |
04 May 2018 |
| Private eyes |
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| PIs, slangily |
Universal |
02 Nov 2017 |
| Gumshoes |
Newsday |
09 Jul 2017 |
| Gumshoes |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Apr 2017 |
| Sleuths, for short |
LA Times Daily |
09 Apr 2017 |
| Sleuths, for short |
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| Crime fiction characters |
Newsday |
15 Jan 2017 |
| Sleuths, for short |
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| PIs, slangily |
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| Investigators, for short |
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| Private eyes, in slang |
New York Times |
08 Nov 2016 |
| Sleuths |
Eugene Sheffer |
31 May 2016 |
| Private eyes, in slang |
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| Gumshoes |
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| Nero Wolfe and Sam Spade, briefly |
LA Times Daily |
12 Oct 2015 |
| Nero Wolfe and Sam Spade, briefly |
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| Gumshoes |
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| Gumshoes, for short |
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| Slag for sleuths |
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| Gumshoes, in old crime fiction |
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| Hammett characters |
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| Paretsky's Warshawski and Grafton's Millhone, briefly |
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| Private eyes, for short |
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| Sleuths |
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| Sleuths, slangily |
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| Sleuths, in slang |
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| Gumshoes |
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| Many pulp heroes, in slang |
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| Paretsky's Warshawski and Grafton's Millhone, briefly |
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| P.I.'s |
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| Sleuths, briefly |
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| Sleuths, briefly |
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| Case workers, briefly |
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| Spade et al., briefly |
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| Hammer or Spade types |
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| Case workers, briefly |
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| Spade et al., briefly |
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| Gumshoes |
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| Spade and Hammer |
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| Gumshoes |
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| Sleuths, slangily |
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| Pulp heroes, often |
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| Film-noir heroes |
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| Private eyes, for short |
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| Film-noir heroes |
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| Sleuths, for short |
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| Private eyes |
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| Private eyes |
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| 23 Across et al. |
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| Sleuths, slangily |
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| Shadows |
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| Shadows, briefly |
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| Gumshoes |
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| Professional snoops |
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| Sleuths |
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| Private investigators, for short |
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| Gumshoes |
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| Private eyes |
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| Gumshoes |
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| Private eyes |
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| Shamuses |
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| Spade and Marlowe, briefly |
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| Gumshoes |
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| Dicks |
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| Investigating cops |
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| Columbo, Spade, and others |
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| Private eyes, in slang |
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| Hired sleuths, slangily |
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| Hammett characters |
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| Private eyes |
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| Sleuths, for short |
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| Private eyes, for short |
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| Private eyes, slangily |
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| Sleuths |
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| Clue hunters, slangily |
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| PI's |
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| Sleuths |
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| Investigators, slangily |
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| Private eyes, for short |
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| Hawkshaws |
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| Lt. Columbo et al. |
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| P.I.'s |
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| Clue finders |
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| 31 Across et al. |
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| Shamuses |
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| British gumshoes |
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| Gumshoes, for short |
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| Gumshoes |
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| Barnaby Jones et al. |
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| Soho sleuths |
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| Sherlocks, for short |
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| Hawkshaws |
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| Whodunit V.I.P.'s |
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| Hawkshaws. |
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| Dicks |
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| Sleuths, for short. |
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| Gumshoes. |
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| Sleuths. |
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| Clue finders |
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| Private eyes. |
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| Business records: Abbr. |
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| Plain-clothes men: Slang. |
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