revenuer
an agent of the U.S. Treasury Department, especially one whose responsibility is to enforce laws against illegal distilling or bootlegging of alcoholic liquor.
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How to use revenuer in a sentence
An' that's jes' the way Briscoe planned it: ter send the revenuer down an hour by sun with the dog-cart an' his fine mare.
The Ordeal | Charles Egbert CraddockWe-uns war loaded fur that tricky revenuer, an' Edward Briscoe war kilt by mistake.
The Ordeal | Charles Egbert CraddockYou oughter hev made sure afore ye teched the trigger, Copenny, that he war the revenuer!
The Ordeal | Charles Egbert CraddockEf hit's thet infernal ghost-dog revenuer, don't skeer em off—bring em up, quick!
The Red Debt | Everett MacDonaldSheriff, I've hit thet damn ghost-revenuer ez many times ez yo' see rocks at yore feet thar.
The Red Debt | Everett MacDonald
British Dictionary definitions for revenuer
/ (ˈrɛvɪˌnjuːə) /
US slang a revenue officer or cutter
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