单词 | window-peeper |
释义 | > as lemmaswindow-peeper ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > types of tax > [noun] > property tax > window tax > one who inspects assessment of window-peeper1729 1729 P. Walkden Diary 2 July (1866) (modernized text) 34 This morning, Richard, son of Robert Dunderdale, came and told that the window peeper was in the parish, and we, having ten windows, must make one up at pay 6s. a year. c1735 in J. D. Leader Rec. Sheffield (1897) 362 Paid Mr. John Smith for the presents of knives, &c., made to the window peeper, 10s. 6d. 1824 W. Carr Horæ Momenta Cravenæ 19 Thouz seea bobberous an keckahoop wi' thy twelve groats, and seea ta'en up wi' thy quality, at thouz quite an clear forgotten t' lile whipper snapper window-peeper. 1872 W. Besant & J. Rice Ready-money Mortiboy I. ii. 53 I should have made a first-rate window-peeper in the old tax days. < as lemmas |
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