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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

10451 Appendix John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:10451
AUTHOR:Appendix
QUOTATION:Paying through the nose.
ATTRIBUTION:Grimm says that Odin had a poll-tax which was called in Sweden a nose-tax; it was a penny per nose, or poll.—Deutsche Rechts Alterthümer.