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
In the morning, a house detective found a velvet mask, a revolver, in the trunk of one Eric Nelson, British, in the cubicle overhead.
From Time Magazine Archive
"I should like to know if she has had callers, and who they are; also, if the house detective knows anything of her movements?"
From The Cab of the Sleeping Horse by John Reed Scott
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