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plural taxmen
(sometimes derogatory) A tax collector. quotations examples
Andrew Houſtoun and Adam Muſhet, being Tackſmen of the Excize, did Imploy Thomas Rue to be their Collector, and gave him a Sallary of 30. pound Sterling for a year.
1668 July 3rd, James Dalrymple, “Thomas Rue contra Andrew Houſtoun” in The Deciſions of the Lords of Council & Seſſion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 547
(sometimes derogatory) A tax-collecting organ, personified. quotations examples
The taxman’s taken all my dough.Left me in my stately home.
1966, The Kinks, Sunny Afternoon
... a duty even more dreaded: to pay taxes. The taxman is primarily interested in those strong enough to create and lucky enough to sell.
1978, The Estates, Gifts and Trusts Journal
The taxman is an especially hated presence. 'Let's just say that certain elements around these parts could live without their company,' observes one ...
2013, Tom Parker Bowles, The Year of Eating Dangerously: A Global Adventure in Search of Culinary Extremes, St. Martin's Press