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Tipstaff

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A ceremonial staff, with a metal tip, carried by a constable or bailiff etc as a sign of office
  2. 2
    staff with a metal tip carried as a sign of office by e.g. a bailiff or constable wordnet
  3. 3
    An officer, of a court etc. who carries such a staff

    "Fire and furies, do a set of boozing tipstaves think to take the man who outwitted Jeffreys and slipped through Kirke's lambs?""

Etymology

From tip + staff.

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