| 单词 | hotel detective |
| 释义 | > as lemmashotel detective hotel detective n. a detective employed by a hotel to provide security for its guests; cf. house detective n. at house n.1 and int. Compounds 10. ΚΠ 1865 N.Y. Times 12 July 8/3 Special Hotel Detectives. A special force of detective police is about to be organized in this city for the express purpose of watching hotel [sic], steamboats and tenement-houses, with a view to more effectually guard against the frequent robberies which occur in these places. 1922 Times 4 Mar. 7/6 As a matter of precaution, the hotel detective examined their luggage when they went out. 2006 R. Knightly in L. Block Manhattan Noir 133 And if Jane hadn't been tight with the hotel detective, it might've worked, too. < as lemmas |
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