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bum-bailiff

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
bum-bailiff

▶noun historical, derogatory a bailiff who collected debts or arrested debtors.

– origin C17: from bum1, so named from the idea of an approach from behind.

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