1894 Brewer’s / Z / Zoliverein
meaning customs union, a commercial union of German states for the purpose of establishing a uniform tariff of duties. (Begun 1819.)
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.