tipstaffs
- plural of tipstaff.
Example Sentences
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Well, sir, if that is your humour, I have a brother who is one of the mayor's tipstaffs.
From A Jacobite Exile Being the Adventures of a Young Englishman in the Service of Charles the Twelfth of Sweden by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
Standing around were about a dozen huge constables with long-pointed tipstaffs in their hands, while two others assisted in chaining and unchaining the prisoners.
From Manuel Pereira by Adams, F. Colburn (Francis Colburn)
Is a bench of beadles and tipstaffs, who intercept letters, or keep to themselves the knowledge they should communicate, the power that ruleth?
From Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors by Various
In lieu of a cloak, lawyers, whether presidents, counsellors, attornies, or tipstaffs, wore their black gown.
From Paris as It Was and as It Is by Blagdon, Francis W.
