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Definition of Excisemen
1. exciseman [n] - See also: exciseman
Lexicographical Neighbors of Excisemen
Literary usage of Excisemen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns (1909)
"... Give me with old Folly to live; I grant thee thy calm-blooded, time-settled
pleasures, But Folly has raptures to give. KIRK AND STATE excisemen ..."
2. The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Burns by Robert Burns, William Ernest Henley (1897)
"KIRK AND STATE excisemen Written on a window in the King's Arms, Dumfries.
YE men of wit and wealth, why all this sneering 'Gainst poor excisemen? ..."
3. The Poetry of Robert Burns by Robert Burns (1896)
"KIRK AND STATE excisemen YE men of wit and wealth, why all this sneering 'Gainst
poor excisemen ? Give the cause a hearing. What are your Landlord's ..."
4. Diary, of Thomas Burton, Esq. Member in the Parliaments of Oliver and by Thomas Burton, Goddard, Guibon (1828)
"The Committee for excisemen f sat in the Queen's Court. Mr. Scot was in the chair.
Tuesday, April 12, 1659. Prayers. Resolved, that Mr. Leigh, ..."
5. Spain Revisited by Alexander Slidell Mackenzie (1836)
"... excisemen—Isle of Pheasants—French Outpost—Lorenzo's Political Economy—Patriotism
promoted by Travel—Ride to St. Jean de Luz—Impressions of France—The ..."
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