door bitch

English

door bitch (plural door bitches)

(colloquial, derogatory) A woman employed to ensure guests pay the entrance fee and meet the dress code at a live venue, club, etc.
- 2011, Paul Eldridge, Sex, Drugs & Techno, page 56:
  […] as the daunting gladiator figures at the entrance whisked me past the crowd and the speed-filled 'door bitch'.
- 2014, Zoe Pilger, Eat My Heart Out:
  I was paid a lucky £7 an hour, which was why I took this job as opposed to the door bitch job at Ronnie Scott's, which paid an unlucky £8 an hour.