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单词 custom house official
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custom house official
custom house official n. a person whose job is to collect customs duties and prevent illegal or contraband goods from entering or leaving a country; = customs official n. at custom n. and adj. Compounds 1d(b).In quot. 1831 as a humorous name for the Globe newspaper, published in Washington, D.C.
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1831 Daily National Jrnl. (Washington, D.C.) 30 Aug. A Custom House Officer has written a letter to the Custom House Official (the Globe!) stating that the opposition of the Editor of this paper to Gen. Jackson is mercenary.
1837 Foreign Q. Rev. Jan. 300 The revenue arising from imported goods could not possibly cover the expense of the frontier guards and custom-house officials.
1868 Birmingham Daily Post 7 Aug. 2/5 Last year's report, just issued by the Customs House officials, is as prosy a document as can be.
1925 E. M. Brent-Dyer School at Chalet iii. 31 The custom-house official grunted as he chalked the mark on the three suit-cases.
2015 Irish Times (Nexis) 23 Feb. 6 Some of the work may be done by Custom House officials.
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