Bailiwick
//ˈbeɪ.lɪ.wɪk//
"Bailiwick" in a Sentence (5 examples)
That's not in my bailiwick.
Sark is part of the English Channel Islands off the coast of Normandy, France. It is a royal fief, part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, and has its own set of laws based on Norman law, its own parliament, and exchequer.
The Bailiwick of Jersey.
I established the fairly well-understood pattern that affairs of state were not in my bailiwick.
Jack is full of these insights, thoughtful turns of phrase from a character whose perpetual struggle between wastrel and righteous is all too familiar a bailiwick for the universal insecurities of the human condition.
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