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clerk

1. clerk to the justices (in England) a legally qualified person who sits in court with lay justices to advise them on points of law
2. an employee of a court, legislature, board, corporation, etc., who keeps records and accounts, etc.
3. Brit a senior official of the House of Commons
4. a cleric
5. US and Canadian short for salesclerk
6. Archaic a scholar
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The investigators come up against a block wall when they try to question the secretive desk clerk, who refuses to divulge any information about the motel's regulars.
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Where the desk clerk takes your credit card and shows a golden grin
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