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  • 51store —   Hale kū ai;     store away, hō ili ili, ho āhu.     To store in a house, ho ohale papa a …

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  • 52house — 1. noun /haʊs,haʊz/ a) A structure serving as an abode of human beings. This is my house and my familys ancestral home. b) The mode of living as if in a house. They set up house in a posh apartment. Syn: shop See Also …

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  • 53house dick — noun a private detective employed by a hotel or retail store • Syn: ↑hotel detective, ↑house detective • Hypernyms: ↑private detective, ↑PI, ↑private eye, ↑private investigator, ↑ …

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  • 54House DNA — The fundamental design characteristics of a (fashion) brand. Reporting on Paris Fashion Week for Agence France Presse, Sarah Shard noted: At the just ended Paris ready to wear collections, the buzz word was “house DNA,” or what makes a label… …

    Dictionary of unconsidered lexicographical trifles

  • 55house detective — {n.} A detective employed by a hotel, store, or other business to watch for any trouble. * /The one armed man sweeping the bank floor was really the house detective./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 56house detective — {n.} A detective employed by a hotel, store, or other business to watch for any trouble. * /The one armed man sweeping the bank floor was really the house detective./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 57house detective — noun A person employed by a privately owned establishment, such as a hotel or large retail store, with the job of preventing wrongdoing and apprehending violators of laws or other regulations. I went to Cloran, the house detective at the hotel… …

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  • 58house\ detective — noun A detective employed by a hotel, store, or other business to watch for any trouble. The one armed man sweeping the bank floor was really the house detective …

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  • 59house·wares — /ˈhaʊsˌweɚz/ noun [plural] : small things (such as cooking utensils or lamps) that are used in a house I bought some housewares for our new place. the housewares department of a store …

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  • 60house detective — an employee of a department store, hotel, etc., employed to prevent thefts, violations of regulations, or other forms of misconduct on the part of patrons. [1895 1900, Amer.] * * * …

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