revenuer

American  

[rev-uhn-yoo-er, -uh-noo-] / ˈrɛv ənˌju ər, -əˌnu- /

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.

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revenuer British  

/ ˈrɛvɪˌnjuːə /

noun

1. slang a revenue officer or cutter

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Etymology

Origin of revenuer

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

Example Sentences

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revenuer

One crisis came when Grandfather John Canada Jenkins, a revenuer known to his friends as "Can," came to Tellico Plains with his second bride.

From Time Magazine Archive

The church represented months of hard toil, interrupted only when Cap Lutts fled up to the rock-ribbed pockets of the mountain or down into some untrodden ravine to escape Burton, the revenuer.

From The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky by Everett MacDonald

The revenuer produced a length of strap and, tying one end to the short chain connecting the iron cuffs, he motioned Tom ahead.

From The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky by Everett MacDonald

Then in wretched contrast to Belle-Ann's glittering conquest below, Lem recounted his capture by the revenuer, and his tortuous measure of months in prison.

From The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky by Everett MacDonald

I kin show ye how to kotch the hull gang, but not fer pay, an not fer love o’ no revenuer, neither.

From Heart of the Blue Ridge by Waldron Baily