Sheriff

(noun.) the principal law-enforcement officer in a county.

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• I saw my mother put up at sheriff's sale, with her seven children. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Think of those two aides-de-camp of Mr. Moses, the sheriff's-officer, who watched our lodging for a week. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Namby's the name,' said the sheriff's deputy, as Mr. Pickwick took his spectacles from under the pillow, and put them on, to read the card. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• MICAWBER, and the defendant in that cause is the prey of the sheriff having legal jurisdiction in this bailiwick. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Mr. Tulkinghorn glances through the little window at the back of Coavinses', the sheriff's officer's, where lights shine in Coavinses' windows. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• But let it be remembered that those are forced terms--Sheriff's sale prices. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• He was high sheriff, and rode in a golden coach. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• There is no more mercy in them, said another of the banditti, than in an unbribed sheriffs officer. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.

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