ATDTDA (2): "just an old gumshoe guy" (45.7)

[David Morris]

So Lew's use of the word is an anachronism, isn't it?

On 2/11/07, Tim Strzechowski <dedalus204 at comcast.net> wrote:
> [...] Lew, I'm just an old gumshoe guy [...] (p. 45).
> This adjective is first recorded in 1900 and occurs a number of times before 1910. A secondary sense of the adjective, found at about the same time, is '(of actions or activities) carried out stealthily or surreptitiously' (e.g., "No gumshoe democratic campaign in Nebraska," from a 1904 newspaper).