| 单词 | powder tax |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspowder tax powder tax n. a tax on powder or powdered goods; spec. a tax on hair powder (now historical).In quot. 1775 probably: a tax on gunpowder. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > duty on goods > [noun] > on other commodities boscage1483 maletent1543 stackage1587 powder tax1775 newspaper stamp duty1815 newspaper stamp1826 timber due1883 carbon tax1979 1775 T. Jefferson Memorandum Bks. 20 May (1997) I. 394 P[ai]d. for 14. tythes Albemarle listed in my name the powder tax 21/. 1794 J. Moser (title) The Meal Tub Plot; or, Remarks on the Powder Tax, by a Barber. 1861 G. W. Thornbury Life J. M. W. Turner I. 163 The powder-tax that the Tories imposed in 1795..drove out wigs. 1887 Dict. National Biogr. XI. 305/2 Coleridge..discoursed..on the corn laws and the powder tax, and put to flight a very thin congregation. 1995 New Republic (Nexis) 26 Dec. 10 In a surprise end run, the powdered milk industry convinced the Senate to pass the powder tax. 2004 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 27 Dec. 34 The ‘hair gel tax’ is their variation on Pitt the Younger's wig powder tax of 1795. < as lemmas |
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