pavage
Britishnoun
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history a tax towards paving streets, or the right to levy such a tax
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the act of paving
Example Sentences
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The testator was an attorney, and his name occurs in many legal documents relating to Holborn in the reign of Edward III.; he was also associated with others of the neighbourhood in various pavage commissions.
From Memorials of Old London Volume I by P. H. (Peter Hampson) Ditchfield
‘What is thy name,’ said the potter, ‘’Fore pavage thou ask of me?’
From Ballads of Robin Hood and other Outlaws Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Fourth Series by Frank Sidgwick
Nor pavage will I none pay; Away thy hand fro my horse!
From Ballads of Robin Hood and other Outlaws Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Fourth Series by Frank Sidgwick
‘Yonder cometh a proud potter,’ said Robin, ‘That long hath haunted this way; He was never so courteous a man One penny of pavage to pay.’
From Ballads of Robin Hood and other Outlaws Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Fourth Series by Frank Sidgwick
‘All this three year and more, potter,’ he said, ‘Thou hast haunted this way, Yet were thou never so courteous a man One penny of pavage to pay.’
From Ballads of Robin Hood and other Outlaws Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Fourth Series by Frank Sidgwick
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