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Sheriffwick   Listen
noun
Sheriffwick, Sheriffship, Sheriffry, Sheriffdom, Sheriffalty  n.  The office or jurisdiction of sheriff. See Shrievalty.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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... Walter's father, his income was increased, and this addition, with the salary of his sheriffdom, left him more at leisure to indulge his literary pursuits. Soon after this period, about 1803, Sir Walter finding that his attempts in literature had been unfavourable to his success at the bar, says:—"My profession and I, therefore, came ...
— The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, No. 571 - Volume 20, No. 571—Supplementary Number • Various



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