Both Uses of
bailiff
in
Dubliners
- He was a shabby stooped little drunkard with a white face and a white moustache white eyebrows, pencilled above his little eyes, which were veined and raw; and all day long he sat in the bailiff's room, waiting to be put on a job.†
Chpt 7 *
- I expect to find the bailiffs in the hall when I go home.†
Chpt 12
Definition:
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(bailiff) court officer responsible for keeping order in the court including custody of the jury, and custody of prisoners while in court