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Definition of Gaugers
1. gauger [n] - See also: gauger
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gaugers
Literary usage of Gaugers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The United States Government: Its Organization and Practical Workings by George N. Lamphere (1880)
"Collector $4000 1 deputy collector 1700 1 " " 1400 9 " collectors, each 1100 1 "
collector 300 61 storekeepers and gaugers, enoh, per diem 4 5 gaugers, ..."
2. Compiled Statutes of the United States, 1913: Embracing the Statutes of the by John Allan Mallory, United States (1914)
"Assignment to duty and Internal-revenue gaugers may be assigned to duty at
distilleries, rectifying houses, or wherever gauging is required to be done, ..."
3. A Synopsis of the Commercial and Revenue System of the United States: As by Robert Mayo (1847)
"Of Officers of the Customs in general, their functions, &c., viz : Collectors,
Naval Officers, Surveyors, Inspectors, Appraisers, Weighers, gaugers, ..."
4. The Tribune Almanac and Political Registerby Horace Greeley by Horace Greeley (1884)
"ALABAMA—Collector, $2750; nine deputy collectors at from $1500 to $900 a year;
three gaugers, fees; three storekeepers, $2 a day. ARKANSAS-Col- lector. ..."
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