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hotel detective

NOUN
house detective
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She also played a double-crossing hotel detective inspector as well as a member of a wedding party singing purposefully off key lyrics, inspired by “Espresso,” to expose bad behavior at the bachelorette party.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 13, 2024

Like most starving young beginners, Dunn supported himself with odd jobs, including one as a sports rewrite man on a daily paper, another as a hotel detective.

From Time Magazine Archive

The racket attracts the hotel detective, who reminds the revelers, "You're all grown-up men here."

From Time Magazine Archive

A hotel detective came running to stop the clamor.

From Time Magazine Archive

Once more he instructed the sergeant, and this time the man brought in the hotel detective who had witnessed the trouble between Prale and Shepley.

From The Brand of Silence A Detective Story by Harrington Strong




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