bumbledom

(ˈbʌmbəldəm)

self-importance in a minor office

[C19: after Bumble, name of the beadle in Dickens' Oliver Twist (1837–38)]

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bumbledom

the world of petty and incompetent officials.

bumbledom

n (inf) → kleinlicher Bürokratismus

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