ex|cise|man

ex|cise|man
ex|cise|man «ehk SYZ muhn», noun, plural -men.
an official of the British government who collects excises and enforces the laws having to do with excises: »

Of all the manifold ills in the train of smuggling, surely the exciseman is the worst (Oliver Goldsmith).


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