doormanship

Definitions

Skill or ability in being a doorman.

uncountable

Examples

“Monahan stationed himself upstairs near the big room that housed the bar and crap-games; and Finnigan, the kibitzer of the three, naturally won the doormanship, his task being to welcome⟳ all patrons when, as and if they appeared, as well as to answer⟳ all incoming telephone calls from cabmen en route to the place⟳ with fares — an amenity always demanded by Smithy to preclude any unseemly overcrowding.”

“She dismissed Tiffy with tactful praise⟳ for her doormanship, and took Leo and me into her office.”

“He is in Iraq on a two-to-three year contract to teach⟳ the local staff the arts of doormanship, of which by his actions and personality he appears a master.”

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