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pocket-sheriffs

pocket-sheriffs is the plural of pocket-sheriff.

Meaning of pocket-sheriff

Noun

pocket-sheriff (plural pocket-sheriffs)

  1. (UK, historical) A sheriff appointed by the sole authority of the Crown, without a nomination by the judges in the exchequer.

Questions about pocket-sheriffs

What is pocket-sheriffs the plural of?
Pocket-sheriffs is the plural of pocket-sheriff.

Words near pocket-sheriffs in the dictionary

  1. pocket-holes
  2. pocket-knife
  3. pocket-piece
  4. pocket-pool
  5. pocket-sheriff
  6. pocket-sheriffs
  7. pocket-size
  8. pocket-sized
  9. pocket-watch
  10. pocket-watches
  11. pocketa-queep

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