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Definition of Landing waiter

Landing waiter
Landing Land"ing, a. Of, pertaining to or used for, setting, bringing, or going, on shore. Landing charges, charges or fees paid on goods unloaded from a vessel. Landing net, a small, bag-shaped net, used in fishing to take the fish from the water after being hooked. Landing stage, a floating platform attached at one end to a wharf in such a manner as to rise and fall with the tide, and thus facilitate passage between the wharf and a vessel lying beside the stage. Landing waiter, a customhouse officer who oversees the landing of goods, etc., from vessels; a landwaiter.

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- A customs officer is a law enforcement agent who enforces customs laws, on behalf of a government. Canadian customs officers are members of the Canada...
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- Knots Landing is an American primetime television soap opera that aired on CBS from December 27, 1979, to May 13, 1993. A spin-off of Dallas, it was set...
- death of Gate Mudaliyar A. Coomaraswamy, Ponnambalam was appointed landing waiter and searcher at the Customs Department but the fees he had to pay to...
- as inspector general of imports and exports in London in 1837, then landing waiter in 1839. In 1847 he was made comptroller of customs in Jaffna, British...
- for many years. While at Bowen Strait was also appointed the 'Acting Landing Waiter' for customers there and, from 1899 - 1906 collected duties from visiting...
- with his father and learn about customs collection by working as a landing waiter. Together they raised customs duties to finance the new colony, and...
- Russell, where Cark**** was soon emplo**** as landing-waiter (a customs house officer in charge of the landing of cargo) and tide surveyor. On a salary of...
- Finsbury and eventually Peckham, Surrey, where he joined HM Customs as a landing waiter - a secure job for an ex-army officer. The army had initially refused...