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单词 sheriffing
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sheriffingn.

Etymology: -ing suffix1.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsheriffing.
The holding of the office of sheriff, and discharge of its duties.
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society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > [noun] > sheriff > office of > holding of
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1682 Heraclitus Ridens 2 May 2/2 The several Plots and Projects of Exclusion, Association, Sheriffing, Feasting, &c.
1896 Harper's Mag. Apr. 812/2 ‘You may think this here sheriffing is mighty funny,’ he confided one day to a friend, ‘but you ought to try it once, and see the dishonest whelps you have to deal with.’
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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