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Get the Dick Gumshoe mug.An old slang term for a detective or investigator (police-affiliated or private). Variants include "dick" or "private dick," the connotations of which were not meant to be obscene.
Shoes in the late 1800s were made of gum rubber - the soft-soled precursors of the modern sneaker. The phrase "to gumshoe" meant to sneak around quietly as if wearing gumshoes.
"Gumshoe man" was originally slang for "thief," but by about 1908 the term "gumshoe" was used to refer to a police detective, and the term has stuck ever since (pun intended).
Shoes in the late 1800s were made of gum rubber - the soft-soled precursors of the modern sneaker. The phrase "to gumshoe" meant to sneak around quietly as if wearing gumshoes.
"Gumshoe man" was originally slang for "thief," but by about 1908 the term "gumshoe" was used to refer to a police detective, and the term has stuck ever since (pun intended).
Sam Spade, the most well-known gumshoe of noir cinema, spent the majority of The Maltese Falcon trying to solve a murder mystery.
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Get the Forrest gumped mug."I thought you gave up snooping around , that's why I hate gumheels"
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by ronindragon127 May 10, 2012
Get the gumheel mug."Up the Gumpstump" is a saying used to describe a large quantity of anything.
Elderly people are more prone to saying "Up the Gumpstump" than other people. Most particularly when they are stressed about something they have a lot of.
Merged words (gump & stump) believed to be originated from the words gum stump. A gum stump is a stump of a gum or Eucalyptus tree.
Used as an exclamation!
Elderly people are more prone to saying "Up the Gumpstump" than other people. Most particularly when they are stressed about something they have a lot of.
Merged words (gump & stump) believed to be originated from the words gum stump. A gum stump is a stump of a gum or Eucalyptus tree.
Used as an exclamation!
Geez Jim, we've got gophers up the gumpstump!
My my Helen, I have fleas up the gumpstump!
Holy toledo! Mutant Ninja Turtles up the gumpstump!
My my Helen, I have fleas up the gumpstump!
Holy toledo! Mutant Ninja Turtles up the gumpstump!
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Get the Gumping mug.A long and involved, often exremely notable and serendipitous life story. Derived from the film Forrest Gump in which the main character tells his life story while sitting on a bus stop bench to various passers by.
Hey Dennis, I bet that accordion player over there has one hell of a Forrest Gump.
Why don't you tell me your Forrest Gump?
Why don't you tell me your Forrest Gump?
by Luke and Dennis June 11, 2006
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