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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Butlerage

· But·ler·age · IPA
01 n. A duty of two shillings on every tun of wine imported into England by merchant strangers; -- so called because paid to the king's butler fo…
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    A duty of two shillings on every tun of wine imported into England by merchant strangers; -- so called because paid to the king's butler for the king.(O. Eng. Law)