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house detective

NOUN
detective for an establishment
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He’s got the look of a house detective.

From Golf Digest • Mar. 27, 2020

Another principal figure was the arrested Hilton Hotel house detective, 39-year-old Ed Murphy.

From Slate • Jul. 11, 2012

I was asked more than once to leave the Plaza Hotel, ushered out by the house detective.

From New York Times • May 28, 2012

"Texas," however, stopped to call on the house detective.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Fogerty is highly recommended," explained Arthur, and related what the house detective of the Waldorf had said.

From Aunt Jane's Nieces in Society by Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank)



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