house detective

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

The booming state of California, Democratic Traveling Man John Fitzgerald Kennedy discovered last week, is a political hotel where beds are soft and the rates are right, but the manager doubles as house detective.

From Time Magazine Archive

"If you're the house detective, why do you mix up in this affair?" enquired Mershone, his anxiety showing in his tone.

From Aunt Jane's Nieces in Society by Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank)