单词 | window surveyor |
释义 | > as lemmaswindow surveyor window surveyor n. now historical an official whose job was to assess the number of windows in a given property that were liable to be taxed (see window tax n.). ΚΠ 1721 E. Saunders View of Relig. in St. David's v. 83 Eighty, or an Hundred Pounds per an. is thought to be no excessive Salary to a Window Surveyor. 1750 in Jrnl. Friends Hist. Soc. (1918) 23 The Window Surveyor came. 1839 Champion 29 Dec. 2/2 I was last week favoured with a visit of inspection from your window surveyor, and, to my surprise, am now charged with nine windows. 1926 G. T. Griffith Population Probl. Age of Malthus i. 2 Wales, writing in 1781, points out the returns which were made by the window surveyors were by no means sufficient data on which to calculate the population. 1963 R. C. Bell Commerc. Coins 1787–1804 176 The window surveyor and the master mariner were, no doubt, father and son. < as lemmas |
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