revenuer
Noun

revenuer (plural revenuers)

  1. (US, regional, now, historical) A government official who enforces laws prohibiting the illegal distillation of alcohol. [from 19th c.]
    • 1970, Donald Harington (writer), Lightning Bug:
      ‘Mister, if yo're another revenuer, I kin tell ye y'aint gonna leave this valley alive.’



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