water bailiff
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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There was no keeper or water bailiff, not even a notice board.
From Nature Near London by Richard Jefferies
A few quarrymenn and their families live there, and also Tom Ringrose, the water bailiff down on Walkham River.
From The Red Redmaynes by Eden Phillpotts
He was, however, placed at the signal station, and afterwards appointed to assist the water bailiff, and thus had always in view the means of escape!
From The History of Tasmania , Volume II by John West
I zay, though, it’s rather queer, isn’t it, for me to be water bailiff and keeper over the vish as I used to take.
From Nic Revel A White Slave's Adventures in Alligator Land by William H. C. Groome
One was Jim Bassett, under foreman at Duke's quarry, and one was Ringrose, the water bailiff who lives in the end cottage.
From The Red Redmaynes by Eden Phillpotts
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