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EXCISEMAN
Etymology
Noun
exciseman (plural excisemen)
An officer employed to collect excise duty (excise tax), and to enforce excise laws.
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*cise"man, n.; pl. Excisemen (.
Definition: An officer who inspects and rates articles liable to excise duty. Macaulay.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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EARTHSHAKING
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
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