innkeeper

Often have I recalled the scene in John Buchan’s spy thriller “The 39 Steps” when the protagonist, Richard Hannay, tells his true but unlikely story to an innkeeper.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025

The introverted Ms. Grade acknowledged that she was a most unlikely innkeeper.

From New York Times ● Mar. 17, 2024

The innkeeper, for instance, is infatuated with a guest named Jack, an actor who may also be a fugitive; he claims to have pensions from both the Confederate and Union armies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2023

Audience members also got a glimpse of Olivia Colman as a Cockney innkeeper and Sally Hawkins as Wonka's mother.

From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2023

"He's a very famous puppeteer, that Master Peter," said the innkeeper.

From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios

Born about 1772, enslaved as a child and then set free by a family of German American potters, Mr. Commeraw began designing ceramics in the 1790s, including food storage vessels for oystermen and innkeepers.

From New York Times ● Mar. 9, 2023

A couple in upstate New York became impromptu innkeepers for South Korean tourists over the weekend after the visitors became stranded in an intense blizzard.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 26, 2022

Previous innkeepers netted about $140,000 annually, split between two people.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2022

Most of the masks in the game are acquired through earning badges by performing tasks for some of the people Sable meets along her journey — innkeepers, machinists, etc.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 1, 2021

“Kote, sir,” Kote replied in an indulgent tone that mothers use on children and innkeepers use on drunks.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss