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BUMBAILIFF definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
bumbailiff in British English (ˌbʌmˈbeɪlɪf ) noun. British derogatory. (formerly) an officer employed to collect debts and arrest debtors for nonpayment .
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BUMBAILIFF Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of BUMBAILIFF is bailiff—usually used contemptuously. How to use bumbailiff in a sentence.
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bumbailiff - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
bumbailiff (plural not attested). (UK, obsolete) A bound bailiff. References. edit. “bumbailiff”, in Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary , Springfield, ...
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bumbailiff
bumbailiff (ˈbʌmˈbeɪlɪf) Forms: 7 bumbaylie, 7, 9 dial. -baily, 7 -bayliff(e, 7– -bailiff. [app. f. bum n.1 + bailiff: i.e. the bailiff that is close at the debtor's back, or that catches him in the rear. Cf. the F. equivalent pousse-cul, colloquially shortened to cul, precisely like the Eng. bum.] ...
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bum-baily, bum-bailiff (n.) - ShakespearesWords.com
bum-baily, bum-bailiff (n.) Old form(s): bum-Baylie ; bailiff, sheriff's officer [who catches people by sneaking up behind them]. Headword location(s) ...
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bum-bailiff, n. meanings, etymology and more
bum-bailiff, n. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford ... View bumbailiff in OED Second Edition. Cite. Close modal. Permanent link ...
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Fumbally Lane
The lane first appears in Charles Brooking's map of 1728 without a name and with variations in subsequent maps including John Rocque's map of 1756 as 'Bumbailiff's Fumbally's Lane is also the name James Joyce uses in chapter 3 of his novel Ulysses where he refers to "the tanyard smells" "Bumbailiff" is a derogatory
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BUMBAILIFF Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
Bumbailiff definition: (formerly) a bailiff or underbailiff employed in serving writs, making arrests, etc.. See examples of BUMBAILIFF used in a sentence.
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BUM-BAILIFF - The Law Dictionary
Bum-bailiff. Definition and Citations: A person employed to dun one for a debt; a bailiff employed to arrest a debtor. Probably a vulgar corruption of “bound ...
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bumbailiff, n.s. (1773) - Johnson's Dictionary Online
A bailiff of the meanest kind; one that is employed in arrests. Go, Sir Andrew, scout me for him at the corner of the orchard, like a bumbailiff. Shakespeare.
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Bumbailiff - Etymology, Origin & Meaning
bumbailiff(n.) server of writs, maker of arrests, etc., "A bailiff of the meanest kind; one that is employed in arrests" [Johnson], c. 1600.
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Word of the Day: BUM-BAILIFF (17th century) - according to Samuel ...
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bummer
▪ I. † ˈbummer1 Obs. = bumbailiff.1675 Crowne Country Wit iii. 40 I'le go get the writ and bailiffs..my Bummers shall have her in bed.▪ II. bummer2 Sc. [f. bum v.2 + -er1.] That which hums or buzzes; spec. a toy (see quot. 1821).1821 Blackw. Mag. Aug. 35 (Jam.) Bummers—a thin piece of wood swung rou...
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lurcher
▪ I. lurcher1 (ˈlɜːtʃə(r)) Also 6 lorcher, 8 lircher. [f. lurch v.1 + -er1. In early Dicts. often used to render L. lurco glutton, with which it has no etymological connexion.] † 1. One who ‘lurches’ (see lurch v.1 2) or forestalls others of their fair share of food; hence, a glutton. Obs.[c 1440: s...
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bum
▪ I. bum, n.1 Not in polite use. (bʌm) Forms: 4 bom, 6 bumbe, 6–7 bumme, bomm(e, 7–8 bumb, 6– bum. [Origin uncertain. Probably onomatopœic, to be compared with other words of similar sound and with the general sense of ‘protuberance, swelling’, e.g. bump n., bumb a pimple, mod.Icel. bumba belly of a...
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