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rent-a-cow
 attrib.— «He was among the first to decry dastardly rent-a-cow schemes, which allow land speculators to get millions of dollars of tax breaks intended for legitimate farmers and ranchers.» —“Assessing the assessor After crusading for equity, the tax man goeth” Arizona Daily Star Oct. 7, 1991. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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