house detective
Example Sentences
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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
Loose Ankles�"One game I do not want to play is 20 questions with a house detective."
From Time Magazine Archive
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The house detective, who had been in consultation with Mr. Mason when the thing happened, had taken the two men into custody.
From Nan Sherwood at Palm Beach Or Strange Adventures Among The Orange Groves by Carr, Annie Roe
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.