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sin tax

noun

Definition of SIN TAX

:  a tax on substances or activities considered sinful or harmful (as tobacco, alcohol, or gambling)
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First Known Use of SIN TAX

1964

Rhymes with SIN TAX

addax, anthrax, banjax, beeswax, borax, broadax, climax, coax, Colfax, death tax, earwax, flat tax, galax, hyrax, Lomax, lost wax, meat-ax, panchax, pickax, poleax, poll tax, relax, sales tax, smilax, stamp tax, storax, styrax, surtax, syntax, thorax, toadflax

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