house agent
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noun British.
a real-estate agent.
a renting agent or a rent collector.
Origin of house agent
First recorded in 1835–45
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Historical Examples of house agent
Your house-agent is an ill judge of the subtler forms of humour.
He assured me, on his word as a house-agent, that it had once been a trout stream.
They and IJerome K. Jerome
The house-agent laughed, dismissed them, and put others in their place.
A Stable for NightmaresJ. Sheridan Le Fanu
Sangiorgio consulted the piece of paper given him by the house-agent.
The conquest of RomeMatilde Serao
I took her hand, and gave it a firm grip, and we went into the house-agent's together.
A Plucky GirlL. T. Meade
house agent
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