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house dick
noun
a private detective working for a hotel or other establishment US- The “security officer” (refined designation for a house dick) of one of the oldest and most famous hotels in Washington, near the White House, was recently fired because he ran a shakedown racket[.] — Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer, Washington Confidential, pp. 285–286, 1951
- Are you going peacefully, or do I call the house dick? — Max Shulman, Anyone Got a Match?, p. 197, 1964
- I picked her up, and carried her into the dining room, oblivious even of the house dick. — Red Rudensky, The Gonif, p. 114, 1970
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