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blood taxes

blood taxes is the plural of blood tax.

Meaning of blood tax

Noun

blood tax (plural blood taxes)

  1. A tax paid by bloodshed; especially, a derogatory term for military conscription.
    • "France is the mother of Conscription. What has she gained by that blood-tax?"

Questions about blood taxes

What is blood taxes the plural of?
Blood taxes is the plural of blood tax.

Words near blood taxes in the dictionary

  1. blood sugars
  2. blood supplies
  3. blood supply
  4. blood sweat
  5. blood tax
  6. blood taxes
  7. blood test
  8. blood tested
  9. blood testing
  10. blood tests
  11. blood thinner

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