taxgatherer
Americannoun
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Origin of taxgatherer
1545–55; tax + gatherer ( def. )
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By steadiness in our present course there is no reason why in a few short years the national taxgatherer may not disappear from the door of the citizen almost entirely.
From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 7, part 1: Ulysses S. Grant by Richardson, James D. (James Daniel)
It seems that he had been called upon by the local taxgatherer for his poll-tax, a matter of a dollar and a quarter.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 by Hubbard, Elbert
Even the taxgatherer, who was stout, and wore spectacles and a broadbrimmed hat, had the taxes handed through the grating.
From Dickens As an Educator by Hughes, James L. (James Laughlin)
It is only vanity and folly and vexation of spirit to quarrel with the modern English taxgatherer; you are sure to go the wall, with humiliation and with disgrace.
From The Little Manx Nation - 1891 by Caine, Hall, Sir
They said, "He's gone to be the guest of that miserable, cheating traitor of a taxgatherer!"
From The King Nobody Wanted by Lear, John
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