bailsman

Example Sentences

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"Away with you, then," said Mr. Inglewood, hastily; "his may not be a replevisable case under the statute, you know, or Mr. Justice Death may not like the doctor for a main pernor, or bailsman."

From Rob Roy — Volume 01 by Scott, Walter, Sir

"I don't know how all that is, Annabella, but at any rate Major Grantly is to be the bailsman, and there is to be another trial at Barchester."

From The Last Chronicle of Barset by Trollope, Anthony

Speke had his bedding amidships, spread on reeds; the cook and bailsman sat facing him, and Bombay and one Belooch behind him.

From Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley by Kingston, William Henry Giles