commissionaire

Example Sentences

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He told local media that she had worked as a security guard at Northern Lights Casino and had also been a commissionaire officer.

From BBC • Sep. 6, 2022

At the far end a commissionaire was directing people.

From The Guardian • Nov. 16, 2012

To get into the main chamber we had to show our invitation to the commissionaire and my mum got into a panic because she thought she'd forgotten it.

From The Guardian • Nov. 16, 2012

Another commissionaire explained where the toilets were and my mum told me to wait for her and Auntie Doreen outside the ladies and I went into the gents.

From The Guardian • Nov. 16, 2012

"Circumstances are strong," this Mr. Jeffries who had since been a commissionaire had admitted when she had danced with him, "but is anybody ever beaten unless they deserve to be?"

From The Story of Louie by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]