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The constable was the Inspector of Nuisances, and he must have sometimes come across heaps of dung in the street.

From Fragments of Two Centuries Glimpses of Country Life when George III. was King by Kingston, Alfred

Nuisances of literature are the men who fill the air with smoke, relieved by no clear blaze of light.

From The History of Dartmouth College by Smith, Baxter Perry

If the latter catastrophe were to happen, the punishment of the Reforming Nuisances would be complete.

From Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 38, December 17, 1870. by Various

These titles, which are but provisional, we pray may remain and be Enregistered under the seal, notwithstanding the "Act to Restrain Nuisances and Voids" of 1819, Cap.

From On Something by Belloc, Hilaire

Of eight applications received by the Barnes Council for the vacancy of Inspector of Nuisances three came from men of military age.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, May 23, 1917 by Various