catchpole
noun
(formerly) a petty officer of justice, especially one arresting persons for debt.
catchpoll
-
a variation of
catchpole.
Example Sentences
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Hast forgot that I keep it handy for Father Bastian and the catchpoll, whichever of ’em lacks it first?
From All's Well Alice's Victory by M. Lewin
The landlord immediately looked about for his ass, and saw it in the hands of another catchpoll, who had joined the alguazil's party.
From The Exemplary Novels of Cervantes by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
It was his voice that had shouted for Jarvey and that now saluted the arrivals with a boisterous 'Two to one in guineas, it's a catchpoll!
From The Castle Inn by Stanley John Weyman
Denmark resembles one of those respectable streets in which it is scarcely necessary to station a catchpoll, because the inhabitants would at once join to seize a thief.
From Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2 by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
The gallant traitor did not linger for the governor's catchpoll to seize him.
From A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett by William Henry Venable
