bailiffs

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"Sir, sir," says I, "the bailiffs are after you, and you must run for your life."

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  • Unlike the bailiffs, these men were slight, even timid, their heads downturned, apparently embarrassed by the scene in the middle of which they found themselves. —  F ;SF - vol 096 issue 06 - June 1999
  • I creaked erect and clambered over the wall, huddling my precious forgery, and ran to her car as if the bailiffs were after me. —  process 10
  • Marables then told me that Fleming had once been well-to-do in the world, and during the long illness and subsequent death of Marables' wife, had lent him money; that Fleming had been very imprudent, and had run up a great many debts, and that the bailiffs were after him. —  Jacob Faithful
  • Personally I have no objection to this, provided the water-bailiffs are allowed free access to the banks of the river elsewhere; but I have a strong objection to be made the subject of offensive exceptional legislation. —  Essays in Natural History and Agriculture
  • Mr. Snoxall is angry, for he is hungry; but, good easy man, allows himself to be mollified to a degree of softness that allows Mr. Brown to borrow, not only his tables and chairs, but his coat, hat, and watch; just, too, in the very nick of time, for the bailiffs are announced. —  Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, Complete
 

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