desk clerk
noun
US and Canadian a hotel receptionistAlso called: clerk
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What’s Nuclear About A Football?Whose nuclear launch button is bigger? There has been a serious kerfuffle in the news about buttons and their relative size. Specifically, nuclear launch buttons. Kim Jong-un, the leader of North Korea, flatly stated that a nuclear button is on his desk at all times. “It’s not a mere threat but a reality that I have a nuclear button on the desk in my office.” …
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The woman should make her way immediately to the desk-clerk, register, and then follow the page assigned to her, to her room.
Book of Etiquette, Volume 2|Lillian Eichler WatsonBruce took the yellow envelope which the desk-clerk handed him and looked at it with a feeling of dread.
The Man from the Bitter Roots|Caroline LockhartAnd it was just at the moment when Mr. Smith said this that Billy, the desk-clerk, entered the room with the telegram in his hand.
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town|Stephen LeacockYou're a desk-clerk, and you write all day long, standing at a desk.
The Gold Bag|Carolyn Wells