inquiry agent
Example Sentences
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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 Gull, C. Ranger
If my father had been less obstinate, you need not have gone; he could have hired a professional inquiry agent.
From Prescott of Saskatchewan by Dunton, W. Herbert
The wicked, as I noted, flourished like a green bay tree; so, to bring them to repentance and punishment, I became a private inquiry agent.'
From The Bishop's Secret by Hume, Fergus
It almost suggested that the Baron feared he was what the London inquiry agent had asked him to become—the paid spy of Alfieri.
From The Wheel O' Fortune by Tracy, Louis
"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 Tracy, Louis
