|bəm|bālə̇f noun
( -s )
Etymology: bum (I) + bailiff; from his close pursuit of debtors
Britain : bailiff — usually used contemptuously
a confounded, pettifogging bumbailiff — W.M.Thackeray
|bəm|bālə̇f noun
( -s )
Etymology: bum (I) + bailiff; from his close pursuit of debtors
Britain : bailiff — usually used contemptuously
a confounded, pettifogging bumbailiff — W.M.Thackeray
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012