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house detective


house detective

noun

Definition of HOUSE DETECTIVE

: a person who is employed (as by a hotel) to prevent disorderly or improper conduct of patrons

First Known Use of HOUSE DETECTIVE

1898

Rhymes with HOUSE DETECTIVE

cost-effective, imperfective, ineffective, intellective, introspective, nondirective, nonobjective, retrospective, self-reflective, unselective

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