customs-house

Zuma Press At la Rotonde de la Villette in Paris, a former customs-house, police arrested antiglobalization demonstrators.

The G-8 in Deauville 2011

In January a group of customs-house agents asked Vittal what to do about the bribes they had to pay to clear consignments at various ports and airports.

Shame, The Virtual Weapon 2008

Cultural Capital in Diacritics, wonders whether a certain purity is not being smuggled through the sociological customs-house, and whether

Professing Literature: John Guillory's Misreading of Paul de Man 2005

The customs-house officer followed him, swearing furiously.

Creatures That Once Were Men, and other stories 2003

From behind a pile of goods emerged a customs-house officer, a dark green, dusty figure, of military erectness.

Creatures That Once Were Men, and other stories 2003

At the customs-house on the frontier he made friends with the officials, and secured an easy pass for the party by playing an air on his violin.

Story-Lives of Great Musicians Francis Jameson Rowbotham

Exactly two hours later, there dashed into the customs-house a well-dressed woman whose hat was very much over one ear.

Emma McChesney and Co. Edna Ferber 1926

Sometimes, on Sunday morning, he will take the customs-house launch out to one of the Manila-Hong Kong boats, to see a friend off for the homeland and "God's country."

The Great White Tribe in Filipinia 1914

Under the long porch of the customs-house, a dummy engine noisily plies up and down among the long-horned carabaos and piles of merchandise.

The Great White Tribe in Filipinia 1914

This portion of Manila, laid out in the sixteenth century by De Legaspi, occupies the territory on the south side of the Pasig River at the mouth. the frowning walls of the _Cuartel de Santiago_ loom above the bustling river opposite the customs-house.

The Great White Tribe in Filipinia 1914