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revenuer

[rev-uhn-yoo-er, -uh-noo-]

noun Informal.

an agent of the U.S. Treasury Department, especially one whose responsibility is to enforce laws against illegal distilling or bootlegging of alcoholic liquor.

Origin:
1875–80, Americanism; revenue + -er¹

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revenuer (ˈrɛvɪˌnjuːə)

—n
	slang (US) a revenue officer or cutter

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