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adverb

• in a surreptitious manner

36%10Gumshoes
noun

• a police officer who investigates crimes

• an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public

36%9Gumshoes
noun

• (chiefly in the plural) A condition in which the arch of the foot makes contact with the ground

• A person having the above condition

• (law enforcement) (plural typically flatfoots) A policeman

verb

• To walk around in the course of work, especially when investigating.

• To dance in the style of Appalachian clogging.

• To gulp an entire drink (bottle, glass, can, etc.) without pausing between swallows.

• To perform an action inefficiently or awkwardly.

• To wrongfoot.

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New York Times25 May 1976 Across 35
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