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ˈsheriffing, vbl. n.
[-ing1.]
The holding of the office of sheriff, and discharge of its duties.
1682T. Flatman Heraclitus Ridens No. 66 (1713) II. 163 The several Plots and Projects of Exclusion, Association, Sheriffing, Feasting &c. 1896Harper's Mag. Apr. 812/2 ‘You may think this here sheriffing is mighty funny,’ he confided one day to a friend, ‘but you ought to try it once, and see the dishonest whelps you have to deal with.’ |