hotelkeeper

[ hoh-tel-kee-per ]

noun

Origin of hotelkeeper

An Americanism dating back to 1820–30; hotel + keeper

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Or should a fundamentalist hotelkeeper be able to refuse a room to an unmarried couple?
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"This Crowden was very friendly with one or two of the men around the stables," went on the hotelkeeper.
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The portrait sketched by the wine-vendor fully corresponded with the description given by the hotelkeeper in the Rue de Helder.
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Mary Louise regarded the hotelkeeper with contempt, thinking again how stingy he was.
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“Nothing like going right to the point, Jane,” she remarked when the hotelkeeper had turned away.
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It was Kitty Carter, the daughter of the hotelkeeper at Boomville, who owned the claim that the partners had mutually coveted.
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