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A ceremonial staff, with a metal tip, carried by a constable or bailiff etc as a sign of office.
Fire and furies, do a set of boozing tipstaves think to take the man who outwitted Jeffreys and slipped through Kirke's lambs?"
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Tipstaff means A ceremonial staff, with a metal tip, carried by a constable or bailiff etc as a sign of office.
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Fire and furies, do a set of boozing tipstaves think to take the man who outwitted Jeffreys and slipped through Kirke's lambs?"
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