bailiffshipn.
/ˈbeɪlɪfʃɪp/ The office of bailiff.
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a1643 W. Cartwright Ordinary in I. Reed Dodsley's Sel. Coll. Old Plays (1780) X. 258 Let me now begin My bailiff-ship.
1863 Chevron in Notes & Queries 3rd Ser. III. 185 The bailiff-ship or ministration of justice.
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- to rope in
- to rope into
- to rot about
- to rot the socks off
- to rough down
- to rough in
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