Person whose job it is to monitor and open the door of a semi-public building.
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Examples for "porter"
Examples for "porter"
1
This arrangement left the Serbs' porter, Hussein, free to carry their bags.
2
A hand grasped his arm; he looked up; it was the porter.
3
I was afforded every help at Heuston Station by a young porter.
4
And in civil life he was outside porter in a goods yard.
5
The argument became a personal quarrel between the porter and the clerk.
1
People turned in that direction; porters ran; evidently, something serious had happened.
2
Several of the porters, on seeing the animals, murmured and crossed themselves.
3
Gornia and his porters had already departed; Geminus went ahead of me.
4
In the Low Countries, the porters have the grand title of commissionaires.
5
From flights to shops to porters, there is no work, he said.
1
The doorman asked for a number where the police could reach me.
2
Seven thousand square feet in a doorman building in the East Seventies.
3
I'd known the doorman more years than either of us would admit.
4
I remember one day the doorman at the theatre saying, Morning, Max.
5
The cameras are set and the doorman knows to let you in.
1
Your doorkeeper said I could come and look for my lost wrap.
2
In the hall, among the shrouded furniture, she met the smiling doorkeeper.
3
This was opened by the doorkeeper, who asked her what she wanted.
4
This young man was an assistant doorkeeper in the capitol at Washington.
5
After a little delay, the doorkeeper was instructed to bring him in.
1
Finally one of the doorkeepers made his voice heard above the scuffling:
2
One of his doorkeepers he intrusted with the government of the city.
3
Neither are the doorkeepers of the Capitol, strange as it may seem.
4
Two doorkeepers placed before the bar a stool with three steps.
5
It was amazing how all stage doorkeepers looked the same.
1
On arrival, we were greeted heartily by the top-hatted doorwoman who was manning the revolving door.
1
He was on familiar terms with theatre directors, stage managers and doormen.
2
Describes the uniforms of doormen and Fair troopers, designed by Mr. Whalen.
3
Apart from Sextus and the doormen, Fabiola was on her own again.
4
As she did, the doormen appeared round the corner from the reception.
5
Docilosa and the two doormen were the only ones who knew the truth.
6
Looking uneasily at each other, the Lupanar's doormen gripped their weapons.
7
There were two doormen: Sergio by day and Freddy by night.
8
The doormen in suits listen to radio ear-pieces, waiting for trouble.
9
We were caught completely by surprise as again we only had four doormen.
10
The two enormous doormen emerged, carrying a lumpen shape wrapped in a blanket.
11
Fifteen off-duty doormen lead an assault on Bonniers and are repulsed.
12
Fabiola almost wished that the doormen would argue with her sometimes.
13
The two doormen reacted with surprise and respect when Fabiola recounted what had happened.
14
See if any doormen, parking valets, or bellmen remember her asking for a cab.
15
Plus, he'd bribed the doormen to tell him if anything happened at the front.
16
Club and bar-owners, their staff and doormen, are to be enlisted to combat drugs.
