inspector of taxes
Britishnoun
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"To relatives and bankers and the inspector of taxes," says he.
From Time Magazine Archive
Together they figured out the massive Shavian income tax; so good was Shaw's head for figures that he received a letter of thanks from His Majesty's inspector of taxes.
From Time Magazine Archive
This time he represented himself as an inspector of taxes, which gave him the right of entering houses and visiting even the cellars.
From The House of the Combrays by Le Notre, G., [pseud.]
Some young man or other turns up, an inspector of taxes, I think... quite handsome, especially his eyes....
From Plays by Anton Chekhov, Second Series by West, Julius
One of the best remembered of Hook's efforts in extemporising is that recorded of his improvising at a party when Mr. Winter was announced, a well-known inspector of taxes.
From Ever Heard This? Over Three Hundred Good Stories by Chambers, F. W.
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