exciseman
noun
excisemen
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pluralof exciseman.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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By Dashwood's scheme farmers were liable to have the privacy of their homes invaded by the visits of excisemen.
From The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration by Reginald Lane Poole
There is an army employed in Ireland to go with the excisemen and other taxers to make the people pay.
From Political Pamphlets by George Saintsbury
Ye might have taken me to where excisemen or others would have wanted to pry and peep, and so endangered my commission.
From Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Monks, friars, pilgrims, palmers, soldiers, excisemen, provost-marshals and men, and mere bad debtors, how can the 'White Hart' butt against all these?
From The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages by Charles Reade
There were no excisemen anywhere on duty, and even the highwaymen had ceased their labours during the night.
From The Dover Road Annals of an Ancient Turnpike by Charles G. Harper
