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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—B

Bumble

A beadle. So called from the officious, overbearing beadle in Dicken's Oliver Twist.

Bumbledom
The dominion of an overbearing parish officer, the arrogance of parish authorities, the conceit of parish dignity. (See above.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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