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1.
the district within which a bailie or bailiff has jurisdiction.
2.
a person's area of skill, knowledge, authority, or work: to confine suggestions to one's own bailiwick.
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Bailiwick
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
Example Sentences
- Yet the multi-industry on-line malls will probably be the bailiwick of a few major companies with deep pockets and patience.
- Patterns of polygamy and monogamy are also the bailiwick of behavioral research.
- The professional bailiwick we've staked out is the empyrean of pure thought.
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