house dick
House dick is American slang for a hotel detective — a plain-clothes security operative employed by a hotel to handle trouble discreetly.
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House dick is American slang for a hotel detective — a plain-clothes security operative employed by a hotel to handle trouble discreetly. In the golden age of crime fiction, the house dick was a staple character: part bouncer, part investigator, loyal to the management above all else. The job involved everything from breaking up disturbances and catching thieves to quietly escorting guests with unpaid bills to the exit. The phrase has a wonderfully noir flavour and is often used with a knowing nod to pulp fiction.
The house dick had seen every kind of trouble the hotel could offer and handled it all with a tired professionalism.
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(slang) A hotel detective.
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