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revenuer

[ rev-uhn-yoo-er, -uh-noo- ]

noun

, Informal.
  1. an agent of the U.S. Treasury Department, especially one whose responsibility is to enforce laws against illegal distilling or bootlegging of alcoholic liquor.


revenuer

/ ˈrɛvɪˌnjuːə /

noun

  1. slang.
    a revenue officer or cutter
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of revenuer1

An Americanism dating back to 1875–80; revenue + -er 1
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Example Sentences

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.

We-uns war loaded fur that tricky revenuer, an' Edward Briscoe war kilt by mistake.

You oughter hev made sure afore ye teched the trigger, Copenny, that he war the revenuer!

Ef hit's thet infernal ghost-dog revenuer, don't skeer em off—bring em up, quick!

Sheriff, I've hit thet damn ghost-revenuer ez many times ez yo' see rocks at yore feet thar.

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