portiere
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Meantime, the prince retrieved his priceless paintings and handmade clothes from the portiere, or janitor, who had helpfully hidden them when the inspector called.
From Time Magazine Archive
He thought he saw Cathy’s door close very silently, but perhaps the leaping candlelight had fooled his eyes, for a portiere seemed to move too.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
Virginia “cautiously pushed aside the portiere, then entered the room.”
From An Oregon Girl A Tale of American Life in the New West by Alfred Ernest Rice
“We will draw this portiere across the doorway, and no gentleman would think of entering,” said Lib.
From Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad by Daphne Dale
He had pushed back a dusty portiere to find himself in what could be nothing less than the Professor’s sleeping chamber.
From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 by Harry Bates
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