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Bumbailiff [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

In England, an under-bailiff; a subordinate civil officer, appointed to serve writs, and to make arrests and executions, and bound with sureties for a faithful discharge of his trust. [A vulgar word.]

Bumbailiff [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

See Bound bailiff, under Bound, a.