Shamus (film) of Wife... and Death" (1976) with the role played by Rod Taylor. It was a pilot for a prospective series that did not eventuate. Shamus (film) Shamus is a 1973 American comedy thriller film directed by Buzz Kulik, and starring Burt Reynolds and Dyan Cannon. New York private detective Shamus McCoy is called to the house of Hume, an eccentric diamond dealer, and is given the task of recovering some stolen diamonds. His investigation is thwarted at every turn and it is only when he is beaten by a gang of thugs to warn him off the job that he
Historical Dictionary of American Slang Historical Dictionary of American Slang The Historical Dictionary of American Slang, often abbreviated HDAS, is a dictionary of American slang. The first two volumes, "Volume 1, A – G" (1994), and "Volume 2, H – O" (1997), were published by Random House, and the work then was known as the Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang, sometimes abbreviated as RHHDAS. Both volumes used the same ISBN, ; the paperback editions are for Volume 1 and for Volume 2. When Random House discontinued publication, Oxford University Press announced in 2003 that it would publish the two remaining volumes, "Volume 3,