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exciseman
/ ˈɛksaɪzˌmæn /
noun
- (formerly) a government agent whose function was to collect excise and prevent smuggling
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Word History and Origins
Origin of exciseman1
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Example Sentences
Will you countenance me, young ladies, if some villainous attorney or exciseman should by and by come to own me?'
Jem Hathaway, the exciseman, had in nothing exaggerated the magnificence of our young Londoner.
Indeed, from the time he obtained a situation under government, he gradually began to sink the farmer in the exciseman.
During the day, no doubt, he was employed busily enough in doing his duty as an Exciseman.
This was the good woman's reply to her husband when he complained of the exciseman's too demonstrative gallantry.
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