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lekin |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Likin \Li"kin`\, n. [Written also {lekin}.] [ Chin. li kin; li the thousandth part of a tael + kin money.] A Chinese provincial tax levied at many inland stations upon imports or articles in transit. ``Likin,'' which used to be regarded as illegal, as one of the many ``squeezes'' imposed by the mandarins, is in Jamieson's opinion, just as legal as any other form of taxation. --A. R. Colquhoun
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