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revenue cutter

revenue cutter

noun

  1. a small lightly armed boat used to enforce customs regulations and catch smugglers
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of revenue cutter1

First recorded in 1780–90
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Example Sentences

There's not wind enough for a schooner to get far away by the time the revenue cutter arrives.

Sometimes it very closely resembled actual war, as when the smugglers, mounting a small battery, fired openly on a revenue cutter.

A revenue cutter—this is a port of customs, please remember—lies in the offing.

Captain Knapp, of the revenue service, had been requested to take me to the spot with the revenue cutter under his command.

All these notes were made upon the cruise of the revenue-cutter Corwin in 1881.

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