The doorman came in and stood with Alexei, the deskman. From Wordnik.com. [KILLING COUSINS] Reference
“I already talked to the police,” the deskman said. From Wordnik.com. [KILLING COUSINS] Reference
“I hope the rest of your stay is as good,” the deskman said. From Wordnik.com. [KILLING COUSINS] Reference
We complained about it, the deskman was apologetic, and here we are. From Wordnik.com. [KILLING COUSINS] Reference
They stood in front of the night deskman, who ran Felix's credit card. From Wordnik.com. [KILLING COUSINS] Reference
The deskman watched the couple for a moment and then picked up a phone. From Wordnik.com. [KILLING COUSINS] Reference
When Fyff became hysterical at the 7-0, she was told by the deskman to leave. From Wordnik.com. [Incident in the 70th Precinct] Reference
The deskman at Internal Affairs asked "Mrs. Louima" for her home address and telephone number. From Wordnik.com. [Incident in the 70th Precinct] Reference
The deskman smiled and hit a switch beside his chair, barred doors in the side wall clicked open. From Wordnik.com. [White Jazz]
And a deskman who doesn't notice when nine kids pile into Room 213 with enough beer to fuel a frat house. From Wordnik.com. [Sunday Reading] Reference
“We've just been to see Scarlet A,” the women said, nearly in unison, to the deskman once they were inside. From Wordnik.com. [KILLING COUSINS] Reference
He went over to the deskman, intentionally coming close to Philip, who went stiff at the sense of somebody so close. From Wordnik.com. [KILLING COUSINS] Reference
The deskman held out a slip that explained that though they were comped in full, they were responsible for any damages. From Wordnik.com. [KILLING COUSINS] Reference
The deskman replied that he couldn't be sure, but that he suspected some of the people loitering in the coffee shop across the street were members of the press. From Wordnik.com. [Grave Surprise]
He stopped at the desk, exchanged a few words with the deskman, shook his head and walked out to the patio and took a chair near the pool, on the other side of a clump of palm. From Wordnik.com. [The Night Crew]
The instrument buzzed a moment and the deskman looked up to say. From Wordnik.com. [Zone Policeman 88; a close range study of the Panama canal and its workers] Reference
Next he grasped a telephone and, in the words of the deskman, "spit Spig into the 'phone" for several minutes. From Wordnik.com. [Zone Policeman 88; a close range study of the Panama canal and its workers] Reference
Zone and Panama telephones were ringing in their two opposing dialects, the deskman was shouting his own peculiar brand of. From Wordnik.com. [Zone Policeman 88; a close range study of the Panama canal and its workers] Reference
Fieldman and deskman are not official terms or intelligence jargon but simple colloquial descriptions, which might be understood in any field of endeavor. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IX No 2] Reference
He sometimes borrows rather dry terms like fieldman, deskman, preliminary interrogation, surveillance, case officer, operational subsistence, courier, and cryptonym -- all of which are literal and transparent enough for the layman to understand. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VIII No 4] Reference
An East German agent resident in Leipzig would have to be "exfiltrated" to be brought out permanently, as opposed to coming out for a short visit. fieldman, deskman, preliminary interrogation, surveillance, case officer, operational subsistence, courier, and cryptonym are lumped together by Mr. Lasseter as "literal and transparent enough for the layman to understand.". From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IX No 2] Reference
The discussion of principles, the exposure of an adversary's weakness or inconsistencies, the weighty marshalling of uncounted words, were to him the breath of life; and with happy disregard of the need to back phrases with deeds, there now opened before him a career of argumentation, of logical deduction and exposition, constituting a condition of political and personal enjoyment which only the deskman can fully appreciate. From Wordnik.com. [Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1] Reference
"To tell the truth, Roger, it would have fooled me if your deskman hadn't said the paper was tipped off earlier. From Wordnik.com. [The Cat Who Sang For The Birds]
Goa Speaker's post) are credited to Derek, as every self-respecting deskman of that era in this state would recall. From Wordnik.com. [Behind the News: Voices from Goa's Press] Reference
I don't feel so good, "he told Jeffrey Fallon, the deskman, when he arrived at" Fort Tombstone, "as the cops once referred to the Victorian-era station house. From Wordnik.com. [Incident in the 70th Precinct] Reference
An awful thing, the deskman said. From Wordnik.com. [KILLING COUSINS] Reference
“The best suite we have, sir,” the deskman said. From Wordnik.com. [KILLING COUSINS] Reference
News beatmoband BEATMO: BEATMO: The Blog Monster: Rolling Stone Live Blogs the 2010 Grammys: The 52nd Annual Grammys are about .. http://bit. ly/9G5WgE deskman RT @donmcallister: Cool!. From Wordnik.com. [Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7] Reference
"I'm sorry," said the deskman. From Wordnik.com. [Sagittarius Whorl]
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