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Definition of "farm-bailiff" [farm-bailiff]

  • An overseer appointed by the possessor or proprietor of a farm to direct and superintend the farming operations. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "farm-bailiff" in a sentence
  • "To-day I was all for continuing to be farm-bailiff; to-morrow, on the authority of"
  • "The farm-bailiff had his own trouble, but he kept it to himself."
  • "And when his son had gone for the perch, and John Broom was safely on the ground, laughing, bleeding, and triumphant, the farm-bailiff said, --"