Catch-Club.
A member of the Catchclub. A bum-bailiff, a tipstaff, a constable. The pun is obvious.
A member of the Catchclub. A bum-bailiff, a tipstaff, a constable. The pun is obvious.
Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.