inquiry agent
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Within half an hour the barrister had told his story of Cobcroft, and the inquiry agent his of his visit to the Green Man and the quarries.
From The Talleyrand Maxim by J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher
"Well, Mr. Royson, I don't mind telling you that I am a private inquiry agent," was the ominous answer.
From The Wheel O' Fortune by Louis Tracy
You could use a private inquiry agent or a good lawyer, and you would soon learn enough to show you that my story is the true one.
From The Great Keinplatz Experiment and Other Tales of Twilight and the Unseen by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
For a day or two I remained in seclusion at the "Golden Swan," and during those two days saw no one but the Honest Fool, Mrs. Abbs, my housekeeper, and—Sliddim, the private inquiry agent.
From The City in the Clouds by C. Ranger Gull
"What can you tell me, Mr. Eldrick?" asked the inquiry agent.
From The Talleyrand Maxim by J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher
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