Gatekeep

Similar remarks had passed the cherry-stained lips a hundred times, and this one was brought on just after the gatekeep at the north postern of Bull Joy had slyly given the wink behind "her husband's" broad back.

A gentleman stopped his horse at a toll-gate and not seeing the gatekeep went into the house.

Though there was a moment of anxiety, a generous bribe persuaded the gatekeep to overlook their expired passports and they rode into Calais.

“At least those doxies don't fancy themselves the gatekeeps of God, like the priest.” Margit said.