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house detective

NOUN
detective for an establishment
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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

"Texas," however, stopped to call on the house detective.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Bother your grandmother,” shot back the insolent 12 retort, whereat the lordly house detective plucked the young man by the arm.

From Officer 666 by Currie, Barton Wood



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