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Examples
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And win we did by a neck as we came to the _dazio consume_, the _octroi_ post outside Formia.
A Tramp's Notebook Morley Roberts 1899
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The confines of this new town being so vague, much trouble is given to that noble institution, the _dazio_.
By the Ionian Sea George Gissing 1880
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Of course the whole _dazio_ business is ludicrous and contemptible; I scarce know a baser spectacle than that of uniformed officials groping in the poor little bundles of starved peasant women, mauling a handful of onions, or prodding with long irons a cartload of straw.
By the Ionian Sea George Gissing 1880
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[...] si paga dazio, tutto è dovuto e questo non ha mai destato scandalo.
Does the Wine Advocate buy over $700,000 worth of wine a year? | Dr Vino's wine blog 2010
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_dazio_ (town dues) officer presented himself, and this conscientious person insisted on making a fresh examination of my baggage; again I explained myself, again I was eyed suspiciously; but he released me, and on we went.
By the Ionian Sea George Gissing 1880
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_dazio consume_ and in the _garitas_ of Spain and Spanish America.
France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889 William Henry Hurlbert 1861
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