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customs 1. duty on imports or exports 2. the government department responsible for the collection of these duties 3. the part of a port, airport, frontier station, etc., where baggage and freight are examined for dutiable goods and contraband 4. the procedure for examining baggage and freight, paying duty, etc. 5. (as modifier): customs officer How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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He was very well known to the customs officers of the coast; and as there was between these worthies and himself a perpetual battle of wits, he had at first thought that Dantes might be an emissary of these industrious guardians of rights and duties, who perhaps employed this ingenious means of learning some of the secrets of his trade. For since the '45 the English had done everything to make the Highlanders forget their old language and customs. THE ungentle laws and customs touched upon in this tale are historical, and the episodes which are used to illustrate them are also historical. |
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