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单词 chimney-money
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chimney-moneyn.

Forms: see chimney n. and money n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: chimney n., money n.
Etymology: < chimney n. + money n.
Obsolete.
A tax of two shillings per annum on every fire-hearth in England and Wales, imposed by Act 13 & 14 Chas. II, repealed by 1 Wm. & Mary; any similar tax.
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feuage1523
smoke-pence1584
smoke-penny1631
hearth money1662
smoke-money1662
chimney-money1664
smoke-silver1664
hearth tax1689
fumage1755
chimney-tax1855
1664 Earl of Orrery Coll. State Lett. (1743) I. 155 The payments of hearth and chimney money.
1665 T. H. Exact Surv. Affaires Netherlands 74 Chimney-money and Excise is imposed.
1666 S. Pepys Diary 15 Oct. (1972) VII. 326 One moved that the Chimny-money might be taken from the King.
1689 Address fr. Northumbld. 17 July in London Gaz. No. 2483/1 Your Majesties great Clemency and unexampled Favour in freeing and easing Your Subjects from the Burthen of Chimney-Money.
a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1734) II. 13 The King, as he had come through the Western Countries..had been in many places moved to discharge the Chimney money.
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