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Date "BUM-BAILIFF" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1700. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Bum-bailiff The French pousse-cul seems to favour the notion that bum -bailiff is no corruption. These officers are frequently referred to as bums. "Scout me for him at the corner of the orchard, like a bum-bailiff." Shakespeare: Twelfth Night, iii. 4. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Jurisdiction | Officer, bailiff, tipstaff, bum-bailiff, catchpoll, beadle; policeman, cop, police constable, police sergeant; sbirro, alguazil, gendarme, kavass, lictor, mace bearer, huissier, bedel; tithingman. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: BUM-BAILIFF |
| Specialty definitions using "BUM-BAILIFF": Body-snatcher ♦ Catch-Club. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "BUM-BAILIFF"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Russian | судебный пристав (bailiff, catchpoll, usher). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-b-f-f-i-i-l-m-u" | |
-3 letters: bailiff, bulimia. | |
-4 letters: aimful, famuli, fibula, labium. | |
-5 letters: album, alibi, babul, biali, bluff, bubal, buffi, filum, iambi, ilium, limba, limbi, luffa, miaul, milia. | |
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