house detective
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of house detective
An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900
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
"Texas," however, stopped to call on the house detective.
From Time Magazine Archive
Even the house detective knows that she is innocently drinking a drink.
From Nonsenseorship by G. G. Putnam
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