desk clerk
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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At the 120-room Pacific Edge Hotel, also in Laguna Beach, a desk clerk reported Friday that “we were at 18% occupancy on Tuesday. We’ve been at 100% the last two nights.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2025
It is not clear whether the front desk clerk knew that two other guests had recently called 911 from Room 205.
From New York Times • Jul. 30, 2022
Finally the front desk clerk told me I had a phone call.
From Salon • Jun. 20, 2022
At a Super 8 motel half a mile from the Irving mosque, FBI agents paid a visit Thursday, asking whether Akram had stayed there, according to a desk clerk.
From Washington Post • Jan. 22, 2022
The office was closed this time of night, but she tipped the desk clerk to open it for her.
From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart
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