单词 | bum-bailey |
释义 | bum-baileyn. derogatory. Now rare (English regional in later use). A bailiff empowered to execute writs and warrants, esp. to collect debts or arrest debtors for non-payment; = bum-bailiff n. Cf. bailie n. 3.The word is recorded in H. Orton Phonol. S. Durham Dial. (1933) §280. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > an officer of the court > [noun] > official who executes orders of court > bailiff beadlec1000 ridemanlOE cacherela1325 outrider1332 bailiff1377 catchpolea1382 bailiec1386 officer?1387 sheriff's manc1400 attacher1440 messenger1482 tipped staffc1500 servitor1527 bailie-errant1528 processar1534 bum-bailiff1560 tipstaff1570 nut-hook1600 saffo1607 servera1612 bailiff-errant1612 bum-bailey1615 process servera1616 buckle-bosom1622 bumbee1653 exploiter1653 moar1656 bum1659 bummer1675 bumbail1696 bulldog1699 sheriff's officer1703 bum-trap1749 bound-bailiff1768 shelly-coata1774 body snatcher1778 lurcher1785 fool-finder1796 messenger1801 bugaboo1809 borough-bailiff1812 sheriff mair1812 speciality1815 grab1823 legalist1835 candy man1863 writter1882 sheriff1928 1615 R. A. Valiant Welshman iv. i. sig. F4v I pray Cad plesse her from Teuils. They are a great teale worse then Marshall men, and Bum-Bayly. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iii. iv. 174 Scout mee for him at the corner of the Orchard like a bum-Baylie . View more context for this quotation 1678 W. Winstanley Four for a Penny 7 The Bandogs that they [sc. pawnbrokers] make use of, are the Bum-bailey, and his Setting-Cur. 1760 G. A. Stevens Hist. Tom Fool I. xxvi. 180 His hair-breadth Scapes from Constables, Pokers, Pocket-pistols,..Garret-windows, and Bum-bailey's. 1811 New London Laughable Songster 29 They found I could'nt pay, So 'egad I run away; And jogging off so gaily, Was stopp'd by a bum bailey. 1872 J. Hartley Yorks. Ditties 1st Ser. 12 An' net ha' to beat a retreat If yo' scent a ‘bum bailey’ i' th' air. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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