house dick
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Definition(s):
- (n) a private detective employed by a hotel or retail store
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Usage(s):
- Only a few steps from his bedroom, a kitchen oil stove had flared up, been doused by a maid and a house dick.
- The operator summoned an assistant manager and the house dick.
- The house dick burst in upon him to see the splendid athlete holding his groin, moaning like a busted pipe organ, and refusing to come out for another round.
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