Bumtrap
noun, slang
noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A bailiff. obsolete, rare, slang
"The noble bumtrap, blind and deaf to every circumstance of distress, greatly rises above all the motives to humanity, and into the hands of the gaoler resolves to deliver his miserable prey."
Example
More examples"The noble bumtrap, blind and deaf to every circumstance of distress, greatly rises above all the motives to humanity, and into the hands of the gaoler resolves to deliver his miserable prey."
Etymology
From bum + trap.
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