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water bailiff

British  

noun

  1. an official responsible for enforcing laws on river management and fishing

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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 Phillpotts, Eden

There was no keeper or water bailiff, not even a notice board.

From Nature Near London by Jefferies, Richard

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 West, John

A few quarrymenn and their families live there, and also Tom Ringrose, the water bailiff down on Walkham River.

From The Red Redmaynes by Phillpotts, Eden

He had asked about wild fowl shooting in the neighbourhood, and the old man had been a water bailiff on the Broads in his younger days.

From The Shrieking Pit by Rees, Arthur J. (Arthur John)

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