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She also repeated her warnings that education and job creation were her priorities and folks whose "baileywick" was not in those two areas would be very disappointed.
The Progressive Pulse Chris Fitzsimon 2009
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Some people always have to talk even if their baileywick has nothing to do with the topic under discussion.
Archive 2007-08-01 Bardiac 2007
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He has no more use for anarchy in his own baileywick than King Stephan himself. "
The Virgin In The Ice Peters, Ellis, 1913-1995 1982
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