revenuer

revenuer
/rev"euhn yooh'euhr, -euh nooh'-/, n. Informal.
an agent of the U.S. Treasury Department, esp. one whose responsibility is to enforce laws against illegal distilling or bootlegging of alcoholic liquor.
[1875-80, Amer.; REVENUE + -ER1]

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