doormanship

English

Etymology

From doorman +‎ -ship.

Noun

doormanship (uncountable)

1. Skill or ability in being a doorman.
   • 1932, Henry Louis Mencken, George Jean Nathan, The American Mercury, volume 27, page 432:

     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.

   • 1957, Hildegarde Dolson, A Growing Wonder, page 117:

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

   • 1981, Iraqi Cultural Centre, Ur, page 45:

     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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