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bumbailiff

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bum⋅bail⋅iff

  [buhm-bey-lif]
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–noun British Disparaging.
a bailiff or underbailiff employed in serving writs, making arrests, etc.
Origin:
1595–1605; bum 2 + bailiff
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bumbailiff 
server of writs, maker of arrests, etc., 1601, from bum "arse," because he was always felt to be close behind.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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