subs. phr. (old).—a bailiff: see BUM-BAILIFF.
1750. FIELDING, Tom Jones, VII., iii. The noble BUM-TRAP, blind and deaf to every circumstance of distress … into the hands of the jailor resolves to deliver his miserable prey.
subs. phr. (old).—a bailiff: see BUM-BAILIFF.
1750. FIELDING, Tom Jones, VII., iii. The noble BUM-TRAP, blind and deaf to every circumstance of distress … into the hands of the jailor resolves to deliver his miserable prey.
