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doorkeeper

[dawr-kee-per, dohr-] / ˈdɔrˌki pər, ˈdoʊr- /






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However, the report said a Parliamentary doorkeeper had witnessed the incident.

From BBC Apr. 7, 2022

The zealous doorkeeper opens the big front door sparingly to keep out humidity, and only long enough to let visitors sneak quickly out.

From Seattle Times Jul. 31, 2019

Shanks’s goal, we can infer, was to be doorkeeper to the temple of infamy.

From Washington Post Jan. 17, 2017

Club, and young women were swiftly waved in, known so well they exchanged double-cheeked kisses with the doorkeeper.

From New York Times Aug. 2, 2016

Among the last to leave the mansion were Paul Jennings and John Sioussat, the White House steward and doorkeeper whom Jennings called “Susé.”

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis




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